Lyngenhalvøya

Coordinates: 69 ° 41 ′ 0 ″  N , 20 ° 4 ′ 0 ″  E

Lyngenhalvøya​

Troms and Finnmark

Lyngenhalvøya ( German  Lyngen Peninsula ) is a peninsula in the municipalities of Lyngen and Storfjord in Fylke Troms og Finnmark in Northern Norway . It lies between the Ullsfjord in the west and the Lyngenfjord in the east and has an area of ​​around 1500 km² . Large parts of the peninsula belong to the nature reserve Lyngsalpan landskapsvernområde (Lyngen Alps landscape) and are characterized by the Lyngen Alps .

The peninsula has a cut in its middle at Kjosen on the Ullsfjorden . The central parts of the peninsula consist of mountainous landscapes with glaciers and deep valleys as well as rugged gorges. The highest mountain on the peninsula is Jiehkkevarri with 1834 m , the highest mountain in the province of Troms og Finnmark .

The northeast shore of the Lyngen Peninsula on the Lyngenfjord in June 2011.

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• Lyngenhalvøya. In: Store norske leksikon . Retrieved January 27, 2013 (Norwegian). 
• Lyngenhalvøya hiking map Norway 1: 50,000 (sheet 2625) - Turkart Nordeca, UGLAND, Statens Kartverk Norway.

Individual evidence

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