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NORWAY
Geographical location:
Norway’s core territory
comprises the western and
northernmost portion of
the Scandinavian Peninsula;
the remote island of Jan
Mayen and the archipelago of
Svalbard are also part of the
Kingdom of Norway.
Norway comprises the
western and northernmost
part of Scandinavia in
Northern Europe. Norway lies
between latitudes 57° and 81°
N, and longitudes 4° and 32° E.
Norway is the northernmost
of the Nordic countries
and, if Svalbard is included,
also the easternmost.
Vardø at 31° 10’ 07” east of
Greenwich lies further east
than St. Petersburg and
Istanbul. Norway includes
the northernmost point on
the European mainland. The
rugged coastline is broken by
huge fjords and thousands of
islands. The coastal baseline
is 2,532 kilometres (1,573
miles). The coastline of the
mainland including fjords
stretches 28,953 kilometres
(17,991 miles), when islands
are included the coastline has
been estimated to be 100,915
kilometres (62,706 miles).
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Wild, rugged and beautiful –
Norway is a stunning hunting
ground for shooting firms, with
plenty of quarry species available.
Climate: The southern and
western parts of Norway,
fully exposed to Atlantic
storm fronts, experience
more precipitation and have
milder winters than the
eastern and far northern
parts. Areas to the east of the
coastal mountains are in a
rain shadow and have lower
rain and snow totals than the
west. The lowlands around
Oslo have the warmest and
sunniest summers but also
cold weather and snow in
wintertime.
NORWEGIAN SPECIES LIST:
EUROPEAN MOOSE, EUROPEAN REINDEER, EUROPEAN RED DEER
NORWEGIAN RED DEER, EUROPEAN FALLOW DEER, EUROPEAN ROE DEER
EURASIAN WILD BOAR, EUROPEAN LYNX, WOLVERINE, CAPERCAILLIE
BLACK GROUSE, RACCOON DOG
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