Gjesværstappan
Sign in to saveGjesværstappan is a group of high, steep-sided, grass-covered islands which are located north of the island village of Gjesvær in Nordkapp Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The three main islands are Storstappen, Kjerkestappen, and Bukkstappen.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Gjesværstappan
- Islands.image_name
- Gjesv%C3%A6rstappan.JPG
- Islands.image_caption
- Gjesværstappan taken from the south: the two peaks of Storstappen are on the left (with the peak of the Stauren peninsula on the extreme left) and Kjerkestappen on the right
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- Map of the main Gjesvaerstappan islands.jpg
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- Finnmark#Norway
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- Gjesværstappan
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- bottom
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- Location of the island
- Islands.location
- Finnmark, Norway
- Islands.major_islands
- 3
- Islands.area_km2
- 1.7
- Islands.elevation_m
- 283
- Islands.country
- Norway
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title
- County
- Islands.country_admin_divisions
- Finnmark
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- Municipality
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_1
- Nordkapp Municipality
- Islands.population
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- nature reserve
- Official name
- Gjesværstappan
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Nordkapp Municipality
- Area
- 715.42243
- Elevation
- 283
- Image
- Gjesværstappan natural reserve-4.jpg
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- Gjesværstappan
- inception
- 1983-01-28
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Gjesværstappan is a group of high, steep-sided, grass-covered islands which are located north of the island village of Gjesvær in Nordkapp Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The three main islands are Storstappen, Kjerkestappen, and Bukkstappen.
Storstappan rises to a height of above sea level and has a peninsula called Stauren that rises to . Kjerkestappen rises to an elevation of above sea level and Bukkstappen rises to above sea level. Historically, there were people that lived on the islands and there was a church on Kjerkestappen.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gjesværstappan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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