Gjesværstappan
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| Waters | European Arctic Ocean | |
| Geographical location | 71 ° 8 ′ N , 25 ° 21 ′ E | |
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| Number of islands | approx. 10 | |
| Main island | Storstappen | |
| Total land area | 1.7 km² | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
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Gjesværstappan is an archipelago in the Northern European Sea .
It consists of several small islands with steep coasts and belongs to the Norwegian municipality of Nordkapp . The total area of the barren, grass-covered islands is 1.7 km². The islands are north of the village of Gjesvær on Magerøya . The three main islands in the group are Storstappen , Kjerkestappen and Bukkstappen.
Storstappen reaches a height of 283 m. To the northwest, the Stauren peninsula (165 m) joins Storstappen . Kjerkestappen reaches 166 m and Bukkstappen a height of 92 m. In the past, the islands were inhabited by humans. There was a church on the island of Kjerkestappen. In 1935 or 1936 five king penguins were released on Gjesværstappan . They lived here for about a week and then disappeared, believed to have been killed and eaten.
In 1983 the islands and the sea around them were declared a nature reserve over an area of 5.5 km². Here, especially on the cliffs of Storstappen, is Norway's largest colony of sea birds. Entry to the area is prohibited between June 15 and August 15 of each year.
1988, Kormorane (70 breeding pairs), shag (50), kittiwakes (5,000-10,000), Trottellummen (600) Dickschnabellummen (25) Razorbills (2500), Puffin (50,000) as well as nests of gannets detected. Are also called fulmars and petrels .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Einar Richter-Hanssen, Nordkapp - Gate to the Arctic Ocean - , publisher: Arctic Souvenir AS, 2011, ISBN 978-82-998690-0-3 , page 12
- ↑ www.birdsafari.com: The Gjesværstappan nature reserve
- ^ RFA Grimmett and TA Jones: Important Bird Areas in Europe , page 476