Minifacts about Norway 2012

 

2. Geography, climate and environment



Geographic dimensions
Compass extremes      
North: Knivskjelodden on Magerøy   71° 11' 09'' N.Lat.
South: Pysen in Mandal   57° 57' 31'' N.Lat.
West: Holmebåen at Utvær in Solund   04° 29' 57'' E.Long.
East: Hornøya in Vardø   31° 10' 07'' E.Long.
International borders, coastline      
Shared international borders, total   2 562 km
Sweden   1 630 km
Finland    736 km
Russia    196 km
Straight-line distance, Kinnarodden-Lindesnes   1 752 km
Length of coastline, mainland   25 148 km
Excluding fjords and bays   2 532 km
Length of island coastlines   58 133 km
Greatest breadth, mainland    432 km
Narrowest breadth, mainland   2 km
Area      
Kingdom of Norway    385 186 km2
Mainland (incl. freshwater bodies)    323 787 km2
Land area (excl. freshwater bodies)    305 470 km2
Svalbard   61 022 km2
Jan Mayen    377 km2
Antarctica      
Bouvet Island   49 km2
Peter I Øy    156 km2
Queen Maud Land   2 700 000 km2
       
Largest lake Mjøsa  362 km2
Longest river Glomma  600 km
Highest waterfall Kjelfossen  840 m
Highest mountain Galdhøpiggen 2 469 m
Largest glacier Jostedalsbreen  487 km2
Longest fjord Sognefjorden  204 km
Largest inhabited island Hinnøya 2 198 km2
Source: Norwegian Mapping Authority.
More information: http://www.statkart.no/eng/Norwegian_Mapping_Authority/

Air temperature averages1



1 Average for 1961-1990 (current standard normal period) in degrees C.
Source:  Norwegian Meteorological Institute.
More information:  http://met.no/English/

Precipitation1 
  Oslo Bergen Trondheim Bodø Tromsø Vardø
Year  763 2 250  925 1 020 1 031  563
January 49  190 78 86 95 55
February 36  152 61 64 87 41
March 47  170 61 68 72 34
April 41  114 51 52 64 33
May 53  106 49 46 48 30
June 65  132 67 54 59 42
July 81  148 85 92 77 49
August 89  190 80 88 82 55
September 90  283  114  123  102 54
October 84  271  106  147  131 58
November 73  259 81  100  108 59
December 55  235 92  100  106 53
1  Average for 1961-1990 (current standard normal period) in mm.
Source: Norwegian Meteorological Institute.
More information: http://met.no/English/

Midnight sun (complete disc) and period of darkness, 2012
  Latitude (N) Midnight sun Period of darkness
  End Start
Svalbard (Longyearbyen) 78.2 19 Apr.-21 Aug. 17 Feb. 25 Oct.
North Cape 71.2 13 May-28 July 24 Jan. 18 Nov.
Hammerfest 70.6 15 May-26 July 21 Jan. 20 Nov.
Tromsø 69.7 19 May-22 July 17 Jan. 25 Nov.
Bodø 67.3 03 June-07 July 28 Dec. 14 Dec.
Source: Almanac for Norway 2012.
More information: http://www.almanakken.uio.no/

Protected areas under the Nature Conservation Act, 31 December 2010
  Number Area, km2
National parks 33 29 960
Nature reserves 2 010 4 958
Landscape protection areas  195 16 288
Other protected areas1   474  427
1  Includes biotope protection (protected areas for plants, birds and animals), protection under the Wildlife Act and natural monuments.
Source: Directorate for Nature Management.
More information: http://english.dirnat.no/ and http://www.environment.no/

Protected areas under the Nature Conservation Act, 31 December 2010



Source:  Directorate for Nature Management.
More information:  http://english.dirnat.no/

National land use. 2011
  Km2 Per cent
Land area, excluding Svalbard and Jan Mayen  305 470  100.0
Agricultural area 10 060 3.3
Of which fully cultivated 8 301 2.7
Productive forest area1  79 963 26.2
Other  215 448 70.5
1  Includes productive forest area above the coniferous forest line.
Source: Norwegian Mapping Authority, National Forest Inventory and Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/areal_en/

Household waste
  1992 1998 2006 2010
Total household waste. 1 000 tonnes 1 012 1 364 1 940 2 088
Household waste. Kg per capita  237  309  414  424
         
Quantity recycled, including energy production. Kg per capita .. ..  287  343
         
Unsorted waste. Per cent 8 33 50 53
Waste for incineration. Per cent .. 23 32 41
Waste for land disposal. Per cent .. 43 18 6
Source: Statistics Norway.
More information: http://www.ssb.no/avfall_en/

Emissions to air1 . 1 000 tonnes. CO2 in mill. tonnes



1 Emissions covered by the Kyoto and Gothenburg protocols. International air and sea traffic not included.
Source:  Statistics Norway and the Norwegian Pollution Control Authority.
More information:  http://www.ssb.no/agassn_en/ and http://www.environment.no/