Editing Jan Mayen (section)

==Natural resources==
[[File:Jan Mayen Von Karman Vortex street Apr 5 2012.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Kármán vortex street]] created by [[Beerenberg]] volcano in the westerly winds]]

Jan Mayen Island has one exploitable natural resource, [[gravel]], from a site located at Trongskaret. Other than this, economic activity is limited to providing services for employees of [[Norway|Norway's]] [[radio communications]] and [[meteorological]] stations located on the island. Jan Mayen has one unpaved [[airstrip]], [[Jan Mayensfield]], which is about {{convert|1585|m|abbr=on}} long. The {{convert|124.1|km|mi|abbr=on}} coast has no [[port|ports]] or [[harbor|harbors]], only offshore anchorages.

There are important [[fishing]] resources, and the existence of Jan Mayen establishes a large [[exclusive economic zone]] (EEZ) around it. Norway has asserted a {{convert|200|nmi|km|abbr=off|adj=on}} EEZ around the island since 1980 encompassing more than a quarter of a million square kilometers. The [[Norwegian Coast Guard]] is responsible for conducting fishery and other maritime surveillance and enforcement in these waters.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339623935 |title=KYSTVAKTEN – NORWEGIAN COAST GUARD |access-date=2023-08-19|date=January 2019 |website=Research Gate}}</ref> 

Norway has found large deposits of [[minerals]] along the [[Mid-Atlantic Ridge]] between Jan Mayen and southern Svalbard/[[Bear Island (Svalbard)|Bear Island]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.npd.no/en/facts/news/general-news/2019/analysis-reveals-extensive-seabed-minerals/ | title=Analysis reveals extensive seabed minerals | access-date=18 March 2023 | archive-date=18 March 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318092755/https://www.npd.no/en/facts/news/general-news/2019/analysis-reveals-extensive-seabed-minerals/ | url-status=live }}</ref> including [[copper]], [[zinc]], [[cobalt]], [[gold]] and [[silver]]. The expeditions have also discovered high concentrations of [[lithium]] and [[scandium]]. In total, it is estimated that the amount of copper could amount to 21.7 million tonnes, but other estimates are around 7 million tonnes. License for deep sea mining is now under consideration.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-norway-deepseamining-insight-idUSKBN29H1YT | title=Norway eyes sea change in deep dive for metals instead of oil | newspaper=Reuters | date=12 January 2021 | access-date=18 March 2023 | archive-date=18 March 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318092755/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-norway-deepseamining-insight-idUSKBN29H1YT | url-status=live }}</ref> 

A dispute between Norway and [[Denmark]] regarding the fishing exclusion zone between Jan Mayen and [[Greenland]] was settled in 1988 granting Denmark the greater area of sovereignty. Geologists suspect significant deposits of petroleum and natural gas lie below Jan Mayen's surrounding [[seabed|seafloors]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/oil-norway-arctic-idUSL6N0GM16S20130821 |title=Oil majors eye oil, gas off Arctic Jan Mayen island |date=21 August 2013 |work=reuters |access-date=25 August 2013 |archive-date=24 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130824134134/http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/21/oil-norway-arctic-idUSL6N0GM16S20130821 |url-status=live }}</ref>