.sj

.sj

Introduced	21 August 1997 (1997-08-21)
TLD type	Country code top-level domain
Status	Inactive, but still in root
Registry	Norid
Sponsor	Norwegian Communications Authority
Intended use	Entities connected with Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Actual use	Not in use; authorities decided that use of the .no domain is sufficient
Registration restrictions	No registrations are being taken
Structure	Not in use
Documents	Policy notice
Dispute policies	None
Registry website	www.norid.no

.sj is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) reserved for the designation Svalbard and Jan Mayen. The domain name registry is Norid, but .sj 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. .sj was designated on 21 August 1997, at the same time as Bouvet Island was allocated .bv. Both were placed under the .no registry Norid, which is also the sponsor. Norwegian policy states that .no 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 .sj. Should the domain later come into use, it will be under regulation of the Norwegian Communications Authority and follow the same policy as .no. There are two second-level domains reserved for the two areas: svalbard.no and jan-mayen.no, but other web addresses are also used.