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Site description (2000 baseline):

An elongated island in the Barents Sea. There is a radio station, located on the east coast.

The island is important for its large colonies of breeding seabirds.

No threats are known. The radio station causes no disturbance to birds. The area is a proposed Nature Reserve because of its importance for polar bear Ursus maritimus (35 winter lairs in 1996).

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Hopen island (Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands (to Norway)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/hopen-island-iba-svalbard-and-jan-mayen-islands-(to-norway) on 23/12/2024.