Slettnes Lighthouse

Slettnes Lighthouse is the northernmost mainland lighthouse on Earth. It is located in Gamvik Municipality in county, . It sits along the Barents Sea approximately 3 kilometres north of the village of on the northern coast of the Nordkinn Peninsula, within the Slettnes Nature Reserve.
Wikipedia
Photo: VogelainenMikael, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Building
  • Description: lighthouse on Nordkinn Peninsula, Norway
  • Also known as: “Sletnes”, “Sletneset”, “Slettnes fyr”, and “Slettnes Fyr”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Gamvik Church and Gamvik skole.

Church
Photo: 3s, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Gamvik Municipality in county, . It is located in the . It is the main church for the Gamvik parish which is part of the Hammerfest prosti in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. is situated 3 km south of Slettnes Lighthouse.

School
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a school, which is situated 3 km south of Slettnes Lighthouse.

Slettnes Lighthouse

Latitude
71.08956° or 71° 5′ 22″ north
Longitude
28.21823° or 28° 13′ 6″ east
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
Height
39 metres (128 feet)
Open location code
CG3C36Q9+R7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 228886593
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­service
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­lighthouse
Geo­Names ID
777632
Wiki­data ID
Q385142
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Satellite Map

Discover Slettnes Lighthouse from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Turkish—“Slettnes Lighthouse” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Sletnes Dəniz Mayakı”
  • Catalan: “Far de Slettnes”
  • Chinese: “Slettnes灯塔”
  • Czech: “Maják Slettnes”
  • Danish: “Slettnes fyr”
  • Estonian: “Slettnesi tuletorn”
  • Finnish: “Slettnesin majakka”
  • French: “phare de Slettnes”
  • French: “Phare de Slettnes”
  • German: “Slettnes fyr”
  • Italian: “Faro di Slettnes”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Slettnes fyr”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Slettnes fyrstasjon”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Slettnes fyr”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Slettnes fyrstasjon”
  • Norwegian: “Slettnes fyr”
  • Norwegian: “Slettnes”
  • Swedish: “Slettnes fyr”
  • Turkish: “Slettnes Deniz Feneri”

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