Northern Norway
Finnmark
Sør-Varanger Municipality

Skjærnes

Skjærnes is a headland in , and has an elevation of 40 metres. Skjærnes is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near the hamlet .
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  • Type: Headland with an elevation of 40 metres
  • Description: promontory in Sør-Varanger municipality, Norway
  • Also known as: “Skjaernes” and “Skjernes”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Melkefoss hydroelectric station.

Industrial building
Photo: PeltonMan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Melkefoss power station is a hydro electric dam on the river in the in , . The power station, which is owned by Pasvik Kraft, makes use of a fall of 10 meters in the river.

Skjærnes

Latitude
69.39587° or 69° 23′ 45″ north
Longitude
29.76071° or 29° 45′ 39″ east
Elevation
40 metres (131 feet)
Open location code
9GXF9QW6+87
Geo­Names ID
9071883
Wiki­data ID
Q128791661
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In Other Languages

From Norwegian to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Skjærnes” goes by many names.
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Skjærnes”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Skjernes”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Skjærnes”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Skjernes”
  • Norwegian: “Skjærnes”
  • Norwegian: “Skjernes”

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