Vardøhus Fortress
Vardøhus Fortress, called "Wardhouse" in English historical navigations, is located in Vardø Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the town of Vardø on the island of Vardøya on the Barents Sea near the mouth of the Varangerfjord in northeastern Norway near the Russian border.
- Museum
- Description: fortress in Vardø, Finnmark, Norway
- Also known as“Vardøhus”“Vardøhus festning”“Várggáidlanni”“Vuorean fästinki”
Places of Interest Nearby
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Steilneset Memorial
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380 metres south of Vardøhus Fortress
Vardø Church
Vardø Church is a parish church of the Church…
660 metres east of Vardøhus Fortress
Globus II
GLOBUS is a radar system in the town of Vardø in Vardø Municipality, Finnmark county, Norway.
1¼ km southeast of Vardøhus Fortress
Vardøhus Fortress
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Latitude
70.37212° or 70° 22′ 20″ north
Longitude
31.09531° or 31° 5′ 43″ east
Open location code
CG2H93CW+R4
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic = fort
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism = museum
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Swedish—“Vardøhus Fortress” goes by many names.
ՎարդյոհյուսArmenian
瓦爾德胡斯堡壘Chinese
VardøhusDanish
VardøhusDutch
Vardøhus festningDutch
VardøhusFinnish
VarjakkaFinnish
ヴァードウス城Japanese
ヴァードフス要塞Japanese
Vuorean fästinkiKven Finnish
VárggáidlanniNorthern Sami
Vardøhus festningNorwegian
VardøhusNorwegian Bokmål
Vardøhus festningNorwegian Bokmål
VardøhusNorwegian Nynorsk
Vardøhus festningNorwegian Nynorsk
ВардёхюсRussian
VardøhusSwedish
Vardöhus fästningSwedish
Vardøhus festningSwedish
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