Dependency status: territory of Norway; since August 1994, administered from Oslo through the county governor (fylkesmann) of Nordland; however, authority has been delegated to a station commander of the Norwegian Defense Communication Service; in 2010, Norway designated the majority of Jan Mayen as a nature reserve
Definition: This entry describes the formal relationship between a particular nonindependent entity and an independent state.
Source: CIA World Factbook - This page was last updated on Saturday, September 18, 2021
