Slettnes
Slettnes is a nature reserve in Gamvik, Finnmark. Slettnes is situated nearby to the locality Steinvåg, as well as near the village Gamvik.Places of Interest
Highlights include Gamvik Church and Slettnes Lighthouse.
Gamvik Church
Church
Photo: 3s, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gamvik Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Gamvik Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Gamvik. It is the main church for the Gamvik parish which is part of the Hammerfest prosti in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland.
Slettnes Lighthouse
Building
Photo: VogelainenMikael, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Slettnes Lighthouse is the northernmost mainland lighthouse on Earth. It is located in Gamvik Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It sits along the Barents Sea approximately 3 kilometres north of the village of Gamvik on the northern coast of the Nordkinn Peninsula, within the Slettnes Nature Reserve.
Slettnes
- Type: Nature reserve
- Description: protected area in Norway (Naturbase code: VV00000021)
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Gamvik, Finnmark, Northern Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
71.0737° or 71° 4′ 25″ northLongitude
28.1948° or 28° 11′ 41″ eastInception
November 7th, 1996Operator
Statsforvalteren i FinnmarkOpen location code
CG3C35FV+FWOpenStreetMap ID
way 230772298OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveWikidata ID
Q12001465
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In Other Languages
From Estonian to Spanish—“Slettnes” goes by many names.
- Estonian: “Slettnesi looduskaitseala”
- French: “réserve naturelle de Slettnes”
- French: “Réserve naturelle de Slettnes”
- German: “Naturschutzgebiet Slettnes”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Slettnes naturreservat”
- Norwegian: “Slettnes naturreservat”
- Spanish: “Slettnes”
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