Skarsvåg
Sign in to saveSkarsvåg is a village in Nordkapp Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The village lies along the northern coast of the island of Magerøya, and it claims the distinction of being the world's northernmost fishing village. The local fishing fleet primarily fishes for cod in the waters north of Magerøya. There are about 60 residents in Skarsvåg and it is located about from the famous North Cape. Skarsvåg Church is located in the village. thumb|left|Skarsvåg Church
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Skarsvåg
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Nordkapp Skarsvåg.JPG
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- View of the village
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- yes
- Settlement.mapframe zoom
- 11
- Settlement.mapframe marker
- village
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- Finnmark#Norway
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- left
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Norway
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Northern Norway
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- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Finnmark
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- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Vest-Finnmark
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- Municipality
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Nordkapp Municipality
- Elevation
- 2
- Image
- Nordkapp Skarsvåg.JPG
- Significant event
- Operation Nordlicht
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- Skarsvåg
- located in/on physical feature
- Magerøya
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Skarsvåg is a village in Nordkapp Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The village lies along the northern coast of the island of Magerøya, and it claims the distinction of being the world's northernmost fishing village. The local fishing fleet primarily fishes for cod in the waters north of Magerøya. There are about 60 residents in Skarsvåg and it is located about from the famous North Cape. Skarsvåg Church is located in the village. thumb|left|Skarsvåg Church
The village is apparently the northernmost settlement in the world that is accessible via a major road network, the European route E69.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Skarsvåg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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