Gangsås or Gansås is a part of the
town of Harstad within
Harstad Municipality in
Troms county,
Norway. It is situated on the southern and western sides of a small peninsula southeast of the city center. The main neighbourhoods are ''Vollen'' (inhabited since 1975) and ''Øvre Gangsås'' (''Upper Gangsås'') (established in the 1980s).
Gangsås is bounded by
Stangnes
Stangnes is part of the town of Harstad within Harstad Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is located on a small peninsula southeast of the city center, on the south and east sides of the ''Gansåsen'' hill. The neighborhood is bordered by ...
to the east,
Ã…sby
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and
Kanebogen to the south, and
VÃ¥gsfjorden to the northwest.
Gangsåstoppen
The ending ''ås'' in Gangsås means ''hill'', and the top of the hill is called ''Gangsåstoppen''. It is uninhabited, has an elevation of approximately above sea level, and has one of the best views of the city (to the west) and the surrounding areas, including the hills
Middagsfjellet and
Hinnstein. To the east one sees the island of
Rolla and the mainland, to the south is the
Tjeldsundet strait, and to the north are the islands of
Grytøya and
Senja.
A marked path leads to Gangsåstoppen from the car park at the end of the ''Toppenveien'' road. The trip takes about 20 minutes, and there is a mail box at the top where one may sign the guest book.
Industry
At the western foot of the hill is ''Mercur''; some people live there, but the area is mostly industrialized, not least by
Statoil
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.
Media gallery
File:Vollen i regn.jpg, Part of Vollen on a rainy day.
File:Harstad at night seen from Gangsåstoppen.jpg, The northern part of Harstad at night (looking northwest from Gangsåstoppen).
References
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