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Spitsbergen

Island in Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Spitsbergen, is the largest and the only permanently populated island of the Svalbard archipelago in northern Norway. Constituting the westernmost bulk of the archipelago, it borders the Arctic Ocean, the Norwegian Sea and the Greenland Sea. Wikipedia
Area: 14,546 mi²
Archipelago: Svalbard
Coordinates: 78°45′N 16°00′E / 78.750°N 16.000°E
Location: Arctic Ocean
Highest elevation: 1,717 m (5633 ft)
Highest point: Newtontoppen
Largest settlement: Longyearbyen (pop. 2,417)