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Skarsvåg Destination Guide

Discover Skarsvåg in Norway

Skarsvåg in the region of Finnmark with its 80 habitants is a place located in Norway - some 881 mi or ( 1417 km ) North-East of Oslo , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Skarsvåg

Local time in Skarsvåg is now 11:40 AM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Oslo " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on your mobility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Pajala, Utsjoki, Vadsø, Sardnes, and Nordmannset. When in this area, you might want to check out Pajala . We discovered some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Skarsvåg ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Bond Bug - Home to the North Cape June 2008

4:14 min by MalteseLion
Views: 8162 Rating: 5.00

Reliant Challenge 2008. Our trip to the North Cape (Nordkapp the very top of Norway) via Dover. A Reliant Robin and Four Bond Bugs. You can see how the weather changed by how much clothing we wore day ..

Norwegen - Reise 2011 / Norway Tour

14:48 min by Buxte60
Views: 6481 Rating: 5.00

Die schönsten Eindrücke einer Traumreise. Es war alles dabei: Postschiff, die Lofoten, das Nordkap, Trolle ... Created with MAGIX Video deluxe 17 Plus ..


Norway by helicopter - fly across the most beautiful parts of the northern coast

9:30 min by Bodow1000
Views: 3515 Rating: 5.00

Flights across the most beautiful parts of Northern Norway, Geiranger, Lofoten Island, Cape North. This was shot for German Television ZDF. You may find a 15 minutes documentary showing some of the th ..

Metal detecting North Cape (Intro 2)

5:32 min by DetectingNorthCape
Views: 2924 Rating: 3.86

Welcome to my metal detecting channel. After i bought my Fisher F4 i' ve found alot of pull-tabs, trash, coins, and some jewelry. This is my adventure :) Welcome to North Cape/Nordkapp top of Norway! ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Skarsvåg Church

Skarsvåg Church is a parish church in Nordkapp Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Skarsvåg. The church is part of the Nordkapp parish in the Hammerfest deanery in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The white wooden church was built in 1961 and it seats about 60 people. The church was consecrated on 6 August 1961 by the Bishop Alf Wiig. It was called Skarsvåg Chapel until 1999 when it was renamed a church.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 71.11 25.83 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Tags: Churches in Finnmark, Nordkapp, Religious buildings completed in 1961

Duksfjorden

Duksfjorden is an fjord arm that branches off the main Kamøyfjorden on the eastern side of the island of Magerøya in Nordkapp Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The mouth of the inlet spans between Bryggnæringen in the north and the island of Store Kamøya in the south. The fjord extends about 5.5 kilometres west to the end of the fjord. The fjord reaches a depth of about 110 metres at its deepest point at the outer reaches of the fjord.

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Located at 71.07 25.88 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Fjords of Finnmark, Magerøya, Nordkapp

European route E69

European route E 69 is an E-road between Olderfjord and North Cape in northern Norway. The road is 129 km long. It contains five tunnels, totalling 15.5 km . The longest, the North Cape Tunnel, is 6.9 km long and reaches 212 m below sea level. The northernmost part of the road is closed during the winter months. E 69 is the northernmost road in the world with connections to a major international road network. Roads further north in e.g. Svalbard and Greenland are isolated and short.

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Located at 71.17 25.78 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: International E-road network, Norwegian national roads, Roads in Finnmark

North Cape, Norway

North Cape is a cape on the northern coast of the island of Magerøya in Northern Norway. The cape is in Nordkapp Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The European route E69 highway has its northern terminus at North Cape, since it is a popular tourist attraction. The cape includes a 307-metre high cliff with a large flat plateau on top where visitors can stand and watch the midnight sun or the views of the Barents Sea to the north.

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Located at 71.17 25.79 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Extreme points of Earth, Geography of Finnmark, Headlands of Norway, Magerøya, Nordkapp, Visitor attractions in Finnmark

Eemian

The Eemian (also Sangamonian, Ipswichian, Mikulin, Valdivia, Riss-Würm) was the interglacial period which began about 130,000 years ago and ended about 114,000 years ago. It was the second-to-latest interglacial period of the current Ice Age, the most recent being the Holocene which extends to the present day. The prevailing Eemian climate is believed to have been similar to that of the Holocene.

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Located at 71.17 25.79 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Climate history, Glaciology, Ice ages, Periods and stages in archaeology, Pleistocene