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The Norwegian Polar Institute

Name: The Norwegian Polar Institute
License: CC-BY-4.0

The Norwegian Polar Institute publishes open data about Norwegian polar regions via next.api.npolar.no. Includes authoritative place names (with coordinates and variants) for Svalbard, Jan Mayen and Antarctica, and a dataset register with metadata on climate, marine and cryosphere research. No authentication required.

50K rows

Data volume

Weekly

Updates

MCP tools

Example response — /placenames

{
  "data": "..."
}

MCP integration

Available MCP tools

polarinstitutt.datasett

polarinstitutt.stedsnavn

polarinstitutt.stedsnavn.detalj

Configuration for Claude Desktop / Cursor

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "polarinstitutt": {
      "url": "https://data.ketl.no/mcp/polarinstitutt",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer $KETL_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Analysis apps that use this source

Ready-made tools built on The Norwegian Polar Institute data. Use them directly in the browser, or wire the same data into your own analysis via the API below.

Norwegian Polar Institute

Official place names on Svalbard, Jan Mayen and Antarctica with coordinates and terrain type, plus research datasets with DOIs from polar regions.

API endpoints

GET

/placenames

Stedsnavn (Svalbard/Antarktis)

q optional: Fritekstsøk i stedsnavn. Utelates: hele registeret (side 1). q=Longyearbyen
area optional: Eksakt område-navn, filtrert klient-side (upstreams `filter-area` er upålitelig). NB: filteret virker på siden ETTER paginering. area=Svalbard
limit optional: Sidestørrelse. Håndheves server-side som `take`. limit=3
offset optional: Hopp over N rader. Håndheves server-side som `skip`. Neste offset står i `page.nextOffset` når `page.truncated`. offset=3

Show curl example

# GET https://data.ketl.no/api/connectors/polarinstitutt/placenames
curl \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  "https://data.ketl.no/api/connectors/polarinstitutt/placenames"

Authenticated call — add one of these headers: x-api-key: ketl_… · Authorization: Bearer … — See the full reference in the documentation.

GET

/placenames/{id}

Ett stedsnavn med koordinater

Show curl example

# GET https://data.ketl.no/api/connectors/polarinstitutt/placenames/{id}
curl \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  "https://data.ketl.no/api/connectors/polarinstitutt/placenames/{id}"

Authenticated call — add one of these headers: x-api-key: ketl_… · Authorization: Bearer … — See the full reference in the documentation.

GET

/datasets

Datasettregister

q optional: Fritekstsøk i datasettregisteret. Utelates: hele registeret (side 1). q=ice
limit optional: Sidestørrelse. Håndheves server-side som `take`. limit=3
offset optional: Hopp over N rader. Håndheves server-side som `skip`. Neste offset står i `page.nextOffset` når `page.truncated`. offset=3

Show curl example

# GET https://data.ketl.no/api/connectors/polarinstitutt/datasets
curl \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  "https://data.ketl.no/api/connectors/polarinstitutt/datasets"

Authenticated call — add one of these headers: x-api-key: ketl_… · Authorization: Bearer … — See the full reference in the documentation.

Access and pricing

The Norwegian Polar Institute is openly available — create an account to get started.

polarsvalbardantarktisstedsnavnklimakryosfaeregeodata