Fuglenes

Fuglenes
District
From top left to right: Northernmost station of the Struve Geodetic Arc, Fuglenes light beacon, Hammerfest Harbour at Fuglenes Peninsula
Map
Coordinates: 70°40′12″N 23°39′48″E / 70.67°N 23.663333°E / 70.67; 23.663333
CountryNorway
CountyFinnmark
MunicipalityHammerfest Municipality
Time zoneUTC+01:00
(CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00
(CEST)

Fuglenes is a district in Hammerfest Municipality in Norway.[1][2] It is the location of the northernmost point of the Struve Geodetic Arc. It is a geodetic point, one of the 34 points selected for the World Heritage List. It was here that Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve's surveys ended in 1852.[3]

  1. ^ "Fuglenes, Norway". Geographical Names, map, geographic coordinates. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
  2. ^ The World Air Quality Index project (2020-06-20). "Air Pollution in Fuglenes, Hammerfest, Norway: Real-time Air Quality Index Visual Map". Beijing Air Pollution. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
  3. ^ Alta Museum: The Art of Survey of the Earth from Finnmark