Svalbard
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...notably coal; deposits of asbestos, copper, gypsum, iron, marble, zinc, and phosphate also exist. History Discovered (1194) by the Vikings, the islands were forgotten until their rediscovery (1596) by Willem Barentz , the Dutch navigator...