Svalbard, Russian District

- Pyramiden

STATUS: Island under the jurisdiction of the Russian Federation and Norway.

WORLD LOCATION: Northern Atlantic Ocean

FIRST LICENSE PLATES IN USE: 1992

MOTOR VEHICLES CURRENTLY REGISTERED:  100

PLATES ARE: Semi-officially issued

Part of Svalbard is under Russian jurisdiction, for the purpose and use of a small mining community. Until recently, no license plates were necessary, as long as the Mining Company trademark was displayed on the vehicle.

More recently, Russian style plates have begun to appear, both flat printed and embossed, from the two towns in question:

Barentsburg - black on white with an APb Cyrillic suffix.

Pyramiden - black on white with an APn Cyrillic suffix.

The suffixes standard for "Automachina Rudnika (Mining Town) Barentsburg / Pyramiden.

Passenger and motorcycle plates are known to exist.

SINGLE PLATES OR PAIRS: Unknown

CARS DRIVE ON: Right

Both Russian Svalbard plates on header from the collection of Maik Knoll (Germany)

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