Kvænangsfjellet
Sign in to save, , or is a line of mountains along the border of Kvænangen Municipality and Nordreisa Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The European route E6 highway traverses the mountains through a mountain pass between the Øksfjorden in the west to the Kvænangen fjord in the east. In the winter, route E6 is closed for 10 to 15 days due to snow storms. A short stretch of the route is exposed to the weather, a gap near the route's highest point, at . During the Second World War, the German occupation authorities built a wooden superstructure approximately long using labor from the Veidal Prison Camp to
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The entry is geolocated on the map in mountain, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony files it under European route E6, Geography of Troms and Kvænangen Municipality.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Norway
- Located in
- Nordreisa Municipality
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, , or is a line of mountains along the border of Kvænangen Municipality and Nordreisa Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The European route E6 highway traverses the mountains through a mountain pass between the Øksfjorden in the west to the Kvænangen fjord in the east. In the winter, route E6 is closed for 10 to 15 days due to snow storms. A short stretch of the route is exposed to the weather, a gap near the route's highest point, at . During the Second World War, the German occupation authorities built a wooden superstructure approximately long using labor from the Veidal Prison Camp to protect the route. The structure was destroyed in scorched earth tactics when the Germans withdrew to the south in 1944.
The Gildetun Inn () is located along the E6 road that crosses the Kvænangsfjellet. It offers accommodation and meals during tourist season. It is located at a vantage place where tourists are able to photograph the mountain and fjord landscape. It also has a taxidermy display of local birds and other animals.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kvænangsfjellet” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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