Varangerfjord
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 View of the fjord | |
  Varangerfjorden Location of the fjord  Varangerfjorden Varangerfjorden (Norway) | |
| Location | Finnmark county, Norway |
| Coordinates | 70°05′28″N 31°00′33″E / 70.0911°N 31.0091°E |
| Type | Fjord |
| Primary outflows | Barents Sea |
| Ocean/sea sources | Barents Sea |
| Basin countries | Norway |
| Max. length | 100 kilometres (62 mi) |
| Max. width | 70 kilometres (43 mi) |
| Settlements | Vardø, Vadsø |
The Varangerfjord (English: Varanger Fjord;false fjord, since it does not have the hallmarks of a fjord carved by glaciers.
Its mouth is about 70 kilometres (43 mi) wide, located between the
Nesseby Municipality.[4]
History
The Kven residents of Varangerfjord are largely descendants of Finnish immigrants who arrived to the area during the 19th century from Finland and northern Sweden.
During the first half of the 19th century, the possibility of
in order to forestall this possibility.Important Bird Area
A 55,450 ha area comprising the northern coast of the fjord and the nearby islands of
waterbirds, seabirds and waders, either breeding or overwintering. These include lesser white-fronted geese, long-tailed ducks, king eiders, common eiders, Steller's eiders, velvet scoters, red-breasted mergansers, yellow-billed loons, purple sandpipers, black-legged kittiwakes, glaucous gulls, Arctic herring gulls, Atlantic puffins and common murres.[5]
References
- ^ Van Dyke, Carl (2013). The Soviet Invasion of Finland, 1939–40. London: Frank Cass. p. 26.
- ^ Ratcliffe, Derek (2010). Lapland: A Natural History. London: T & AD Poyser. p. 237.
- ^ Odner, Knut (1992). The Varanger Saami: Habitation and Economy AD 1200–1900. Oslo: Scandinavian University Press. p. 42.
- Store norske leksikon. "Varangerfjorden"(in Norwegian). Retrieved 2013-03-01.
- ^ "Varangerfjord (including Hornøya and Reinøya)". BirdLife Data Zone. BirdLife International. 2021. Retrieved 2021-12-04.
External links
Media related to Varangerfjorden at Wikimedia Commons
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