Sørvær | |
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Village | |
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  Sørvær Location in Finnmark  Sørvær Sørvær (Norway) | |
| Coordinates: 70°37′49″N 21°59′04″E / 70.63028°N 21.98444°E | |
| Country | Norway |
| Region | Northern Norway |
| County | Troms og Finnmark |
| District | Vest-Finnmark |
| Municipality | Hasvik Municipality |
| Elevation | 4 m (13 ft) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 200 |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Post Code | 9595 Sørvær |
Sørvær is a fishing village in Hasvik Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The village is located on the western tip of the island of Sørøya, looking out across the Lopphavet Sea. Sørvær Chapel is located in this village. The village sits at the northern end of Norwegian County Road 822, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) west of the municipal centre of Breivikbotn. The small village of Breivik lies about halfway along the road to Breivikbotn. In 2015, there were about 200 people who lived in Sørvær.[2]
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Western end of the village
In 1994 the Soviet cruiser Murmansk (1955), en route to India for ship breaking, ran aground near the coast of Sørvær when its tow line broke. The removal of the ship was completed in 2013.[3]
References
- ↑ "Sørvær, Hasvik" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 2013-01-12.
- ↑ Store norske leksikon. "Sørvær" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2013-01-12.
- ↑ "AF Gruppen is removing the abandoned ship, Murmansk". AF Gruppen. 15 May 2009. Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
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