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is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) reserved for the designation Svalbard and Jan Mayen. The domain name registry is Norid, but is not open for registration. The issuing of the domain was based on the ISO 3166 designation of Svalbard and Jan Mayen, which consists of two separately administrated integrated territories of Norway: the Arctic archipelago Svalbard and the nearly uninhabited volcanic island Jan Mayen. was designated on 21 August 1997, at the same time as Bouvet Island was allocated . Both were placed under the registry Norid, which is also the sponsor. Norwegian po

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".sj" is an internet domain extension reserved for Svalbard and Jan Mayen, two Norwegian territories in the Arctic, though it is not available for public registration. The domain was created in 1997 based on international standards for designating country codes and is managed by a Norwegian registry called Norid.

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Top level domain.name
.sj
Top level domain.background
CCF
Top level domain.image
.sj logo update.png
Top level domain.image_size
100px
Top level domain.type
Country code top-level domain
Top level domain.status
Inactive, but still in root
Top level domain.registry
Norid
Top level domain.sponsor
Norwegian Communications Authority
Top level domain.intendeduse
Entities connected with Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Top level domain.actualuse
Not in use; authorities decided that use of the domain is sufficient
Top level domain.restrictions
No registrations are being taken
Top level domain.structure
Not in use
Top level domain.document
Policy notice
Top level domain.disputepolicy
None
Top level domain.website
www.norid.no

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1997-08-21
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is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) reserved for the designation Svalbard and Jan Mayen. The domain name registry is Norid, but is not open for registration. The issuing of the domain was based on the ISO 3166 designation of Svalbard and Jan Mayen, which consists of two separately administrated integrated territories of Norway: the Arctic archipelago Svalbard and the nearly uninhabited volcanic island Jan Mayen. was designated on 21 August 1997, at the same time as Bouvet Island was allocated . Both were placed under the registry Norid, which is also the sponsor. Norwegian policy states that is sufficient for those institutions connected to both Svalbard and Jan Mayen, and therefore the domain is not open to registration. It is Norwegian policy not to commercialize domain resources, so there are no plans to sell . Should the domain later come into use, it will be under regulation of the Norwegian Communications Authority and follow the same policy as . There are two second-level domains reserved for the two areas: and , but other web addresses are also used.

==History== Svalbard and Jan Mayen are two integrated territories of Norway with special status (unincorporated area). The Svalbard Treaty grants Norway full sovereignty of Svalbard, but the archipelago holds special status as among other things a free economic zone and is not part of the European Economic Area and the Schengen Area. Jan Mayen is a nearly unpopulated volcanic island in the Atlantic Ocean and is a fully integrated part of Norway. During the establishment of the ISO 3166 codes, it was proposed that Svalbard have its own code, but the Norwegian authorities chose to also include Jan Mayen in the area, partly because Jan Mayen was administered by the Governor of Svalbard until 1994. Following the ISO codes, was allocated on 21 August 1997, at the same time was allocated.

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