Storstappen

Storstappen, view from the north, Kjerkestappen on the left, Stauren on the right

View from the south

Storstappen is an uninhabited island in Norway and belongs to the municipality of Nordkapp in the Norwegian province of Troms og Finnmark .

It is the largest island in the Gjesværstappan archipelago in the Northern European Sea, which is a designated nature reserve . The Stauren peninsula joins on its southwest side . To the southeast is Kjerkestappen . The island of Storstappen is about 1.8 kilometers long including the stauren with a width of up to 1.3 kilometers. It reaches a height of 282 meters. The coasts drop steeply towards the sea.

Storstappen was inhabited in the past, but today there are no permanent residents. The island is known for the colonies of sea birds that live here. So there are at Storstappen the northernmost colony of gannets . The nature reserve to which the island belongs has existed since January 28, 1983.

Web links

• Representation of the island in the Kartverket

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Storstappen at www.norwegianfjordscruise.com (English)
2. ↑ Geir Systad Gjesværstappan sjøfuglreservat , page 3 (Norwegian) ( Memento of the original from August 18, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Coordinates: 71 ° 9 ′  N , 25 ° 20 ′  E