The Porsanger Peninsula () is a

peninsula A peninsula is a landform that extends from a mainland and is only connected to land on one side. Peninsulas exist on each continent. The largest peninsula in the world is the Arabian Peninsula. Etymology The word ''peninsula'' derives , . T ...

Finnmark Finnmark (; ; ; ; ) is a counties of Norway, county in northern Norway. By land, it borders Troms county to the west, Finland's Lapland (Finland), Lapland region to the south, and Russia's Murmansk Oblast to the east, and by water, the Norweg ...

county,

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. The large peninsula sits between the

Altafjorden The Altafjord (; ; ) is a fjord in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The long fjord stretches from the town of Alta in the south to the islands of Stjernøya and Seiland. The long river Altaelva empties into the fjord at the tow ...

and the

Porsangerfjorden The Porsangerfjorden (; ; ) is a fjord in Finnmark county, Norway. Name The fjord is officially named ''Porsangerfjorden'' in Norwegian. It is also known informally as ''Porsangen'', but that is not an official name. The official Northern Sami ...

and includes parts of the municipalities of Alta,

Hammerfest Hammerfest or Hámmárfeasta is a town/cityIn the Norwegian language, the word ''by'' can be translated as "town" or "city". that is also the administrative centre of Hammerfest Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located on the nor ...

Måsøy Måsøy or Måsøya may refer to: Places * Måsøy Municipality, a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway * Måsøy (village), a village in Måsøy Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway * Måsøya, an island in Måsøy Municipality in Finnmark c ...

Nordkapp North Cape, Northern Cape, or Nordkapp may refer to: Places Norway *North Cape (Norway), a cape at the northernmost part of Magerøya island in Nordkapp Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway *Nordkapp Municipality, a municipality in Finnmark cou ...

, and

Porsanger Porsanger may refer to: Places * Porsanger Municipality, a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway * Porsanger Peninsula, peninsula in Finnmark county, Norway * Porsanger Fjord, fjord in Finnmark county, Norway People * Anders Porsanger (1735� ...

. Stabbursdalen National Park lies on the southern end of the peninsula. The landscape of the Porsanger peninsula consists mainly of a treeless plain, a continuation of the

Finnmarksvidda Finnmarksvidda (; ) is Norway's largest plateau, with an area greater than . The plateau lies about above sea level. Approximately 36% of Finnmark lies on the Finnmarksvidda. Geography From Alta Municipality in the west to the Varanger Peni ...

plateau to the south. A number of

fjord In physical geography, a fjord (also spelled fiord in New Zealand English; ) is a long, narrow sea inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. Fjords exist on the coasts of Antarctica, the Arctic, and surrounding landmasses of the n ...

s cut into the peninsula, of which the largest are the

Repparfjorden Repparfjorden is a fjord in Hammerfest Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It has a length of about , and cuts into Porsangerhalvøya from the west, southeast of the island of Kvaløya. Ocean dumping of mining waste, has not started (as o ...

, Revsbotn, and Snefjorden from the west and the

Kobbefjorden :''There is also a fjord named "Kobbefjord" southeast of Nuuk, (Greenland).'' Kobbefjorden ( English: ''Seal Fjord'') is a small fjord on the west coast of Danes Island, on the northwestern coast of Spitsbergen, the largest island of the Svalbard ...

from the north. The

European route E06 European route E6 (, , or simply E6) is the main north–south thoroughfare through Norway as well as the west coast of Sweden. It is long and runs from the southern tip of Sweden at Trelleborg, into Norway and through almost all of the countr ...

highway runs north through the peninsula.

References

Måsøy Nordkapp Porsanger Hammerfest Alta, Norway Peninsulas of Finnmark {{Finnmark-geo-stub