Svalbard Natural hazards

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Natural hazards: ice floes often block the entrance to Bellsund (a transit point for coal export) on the west coast and occasionally make parts of the northeastern coast inaccessible to maritime traffic

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Source: CIA World Factbook - This page was last updated on Saturday, September 18, 2021

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