🏞️ Kongsfjorden Bird Sanctuary

Norway · Europe · 78.93°N, 12.30°E

Quick facts

Country	Norway
Continent / region	Europe
Coordinates (approx.)	78.93°N, 12.30°E · view on map
Distance to the equator	8,786 km north of it
Solar time	UTC+0:45 — read from longitude, so it is the sky's clock rather than the government's
Sun today	The sun does not rise here today — polar night at 78.9° latitude.

Kongsfjorden Bird Sanctuary is located in Norway, in Europe.

Closest protected areas

Blomstrandhamna Bird Sanctuary — 9.1 km away
Guissezholmen Bird Sanctuary — 21 km away
Hermansen Island Bird Sanctuary — 42 km away
Forlandsøyane Bird Sanctuary — 68 km away
Boheman Bird Sanctuary — 80 km away

Straight-line distances on a sphere, computed from the coordinates. A road would be longer.

More protected areas in Norway

Blomstrandhamna Bird Sanctuary · Boheman Bird Sanctuary · Dunøyane Bird Sanctuary · Festningen Geotope Protected Area · Forlandsøyane Bird Sanctuary · Gåsøyane Bird Sanctuary · Giske Wetlands System · Grasøyane Bird Sanctuary · Guissezholmen Bird Sanctuary · Harøya Wetlands System.

Coordinates approximate. Introduction & image: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached 30 days; the page renders even if the feed is momentarily unreachable.

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