Statistical Yearbook of Norway 2013:

Geographical survey

Maps of Norway

I. Geography in text and figures

The Kingdom of Norway consists of the mainland, the archipelago of Svalbard and the island Jan Mayen.

The mainland consists of continental Norway and every island, islet and rock within the Norwegian baseline.

Svalbard consists of Bjørnøya, Spitsbergen, Nordaustlandet, Barentsøya, Edgeøya, Kong Karls Land, Hopen, Prins Karls Forland, Kvitøya and every island, islet and rock situated between 74° and 81° N. lattitude and between 10° and 35° E. longitude. By an international treaty (the Svalbard treaty), signed on 9 February 1920, Norway’s sovereignty over the archipelago was recognised. On 17 July 1925 the archipelago was officially incorporated into the Kingdom of Norway.

Jan Mayen is an island situated in the northern Atlantic. On 8 May 1929 it was placed under Norwegian sovereignty, and became by law of 27 February 1930 a part of the Kingdom of Norway.

The Antarctic islands Bouvetøya, Peter I Øy and Dronning Maud Land (20° W. and 45° E.) on the Antarctic continent are dependencies. They were placed under Norwegian sovereignty by law of 27 February 1930, parliamentary resolution of 23 April 1931 and royal announcement of 14 January 1939, respectively. The dependencies are not part of the Kingdom of Norway

Delimitation The mainland
including islands
The mainland
excluding islands
The Kingdom
of Norway
North Knivskjelodden on Magerøya in Nordkapp
municipality.
71° 11' 09'' N.
Kinnarodden on Nord-
kinnhalvøya in Lebesby
near Gamvik.
71° 08’ 02’’ N.
Rossøya on Svalbard
80° 49' 44'' N.
South Pysen in Mandal municipality
57° 57' 31'' N.
Lindesnes in Lindesnes
municipality
57° 58’ 46’’ N.
Pysen in Mandal municipality
57° 57' 31'' N.
East Hornøya in Vardø municipality
31° 10' 07'' E.
Kibergneset i Vardø municipality
31° 03' 52'' E.
Kræmerpynten on Kvitøya, Svalbard
33° 30' 59'' E.
West Holmebåen by Utvær in Solund municipality
04° 29' 57'' E.
Vardetangen on Lindåshalvøya in Austrheim municipality
04° 56' 43'' E.
Høybergodden on Jan Mayen
09° 04' 39'' W.

Coastline, width and land frontiers of the mainland

Coast line km
Without fjords and bays (the base line) 2 532
With fjords and bays 28 953
Islands 71 963
Total 100 915
   
Width km
Largest (Vardetangen-Rr 126 Mellomfjellsrøysa) 431,7
Smallest ((Elvenes - frontier)) 1.6
Distance Listerauna - Hornøya (islands) 1 791.9
Distance Lista - Kavringen (mainland) 1 789.6
   
Land frontier km
With Sweden 1 630
With Finland 736
With Russia 196
Total 2 562
   
Area km2
Kingdom of Norway 385 178
Mainland 323 779
Svalbard 61 022
Jan Mayen 377
   
Dependencies km2
Dronning Maud Land 2 741 000
Bouvetøya 49
Peter I Øy 156
   
In the sea1 km2
Territorial waters, Mainland Norway 2 145 465
Internal waters, Mainland Norway3 89 091
Sea territory, Mainland Norway4 56 367
Norway's economic zone5 787 640
Internal waters around Svalbard 36 188
Fisheries protection zone around Svalbard6 715 312
Internal waters around Jan Mayen 34
Fisheries zone around Jan Mayen7 288 768
Loop Sea 321 700
Norwegian continental shelf8 2 039 951
   
Largest islands km2
Spitsbergen (Svalbard) 37 673
Nordaustlandet (Svalbard) 14 467
Edgeøya (Svalbard) 5 073
Hinnøya (Nordland og Troms) 2 205
Senja (Troms) 1 586
Langøya (Nordland)  850
Sørøya (Finnmark)  811
Kvaløy (Troms)  737
Ringvassøy (Troms)  663
Seiland (Finnmark)  583
Hitra (Sør-Trøndelag)  571
Austvågøy (Nordland)  527
Andøya (Nordland)  489
   
Largest lakes9 km2
Mjøsa (Hedmark, Oppland, Akershus)  365
Røssvatnet (Nordland)  219
Femunden (Hedmark, Sør-Trøndelag)  204
Randsfjorden (Oppland)  139
Tyrifjorden (Buskerud)  139
Snåsavatnet (Nord-Trøndelag)  122
Tunnsjøen (Nord-Trøndelag)  100
Limingen (Nord-Trøndelag) 94
Øyeren (Akershus, Østfold) 85
Blåsjø10 (Aust-Agder, Rogaland) 85
Altevatnet (Troms Romsa) 80
Møsvatn (Telemark) 78
Nisser (Telemark) 76
   
Largest glaciers km2
Austfonna incl. Vegafonna (Nordaustl.,  
Svalbard) 8 492
Olav V Land (Spitsbergen, Svalbard) 4 150
Jostedalsbreen (Sogn og Fjordane)  507
Vestre Svartisen (Nordland)  216
Søndre Folgefonni (Hordaland)  161
Østre Svartisen (Nordland)  142
Blåmannsisen (Nordland) 90
Hardangerjøkulen (Hordaland) 73
   
Other geographical information  
Longest fjords km
Sognefjorden (Solund - Skjolden)  204
Hardangerfjorden (Bømlo - Odda)  179
Trondheimsfjorden (Agdenes - Steinkjer)  126
Porsangerfjorden (Sværholtklubben - Brennelv)  123
Storfjorden (Hareidlandet - Geiranger)  110
Wijdefjorden (Spitsbergen, Svalbard)  108
Isfjorden (Spitsbergen, Svalbard)  107
Nordfjord (Husevågøy - Loen)  106
Oslofjorden (Færder - Oslo)  100
   
Longest rivers km
Glomma  601
Numedalslågen  352
Gudbrandsdalslågen/Vorma  351
Tana  348
Drammensvassdraget  302
Skiensvassdraget  252
Otra  245
Hallingdalsvassdraget  244
Trysilelva111  233
Alta  228
Namsen  228
Arendalsvassdraget  211
Randselva  195
   
Highest waterfalls m
Total fall:  
Kjelfossen (Aurland)  840
Søndre Mardalsfoss (Nesset)  705
Mongefossen (Rauma)  700
Vedalsfossen (Eidfjord)  650
Opo (Ullensvang)  650
   
Approximate vertical fall:  
Tyssestrengene (Odda)  300
Ringedalsfossen (Odda)  300
Skykkjedalsfossen (Eidfjord)  300
Vettifossen (Årdal)  275
Austerkrokfossen (Sørfold)  256
Søndre Mardalsfoss (Nesset)  250
   
Highest mountains m
Galdhøpiggen (Lom) 2 469
Glittertinden12 (Lom) 2 460
Store Skagastølstind (Luster, Årdal) 2 405
Styggedalstind (Luster) 2 387
Skarstind (Lom) 2 373
   
Some well-known mountains m
Snøhetta (Dovre) 2 286
Beerenberg (Jan Mayen) 2 277
Rondslottet (Dovre, Folldal) 2 178
Fannaråki (Luster) 2 068
Hallingskarvet (Hol,Ulvik) 1 933
Oksskolten (Hemnes) 1 916
Suliskongen (Fauske) 1 908
Storsteinsfjellet (Narvik) 1 893
Gaustatoppen (Tinn) 1 883
Jiekkevárri (Lyngen, Tromsø) 1 834
Store Trolltind (Rauma) 1 788
Storsylen (Tydal) 1 768
Rendalssøln (Rendalen) 1 755
Skogshorn (Hemsedal) 1 728
Njunis (Målselv) 1 717
Newtontoppen (Spitsbergen, Svalbard) 1 713
Perriertoppen (Spitsbergen, Svalbard) 1 712
Hårteigen (Ullensvang) 1 690
Romsdalshorn (Rauma) 1 550
Høgevard (Flå, Krødsherad) 1 459
Stetind (Tysfjord) 1 392
Cohkará (Porsanger) 1 139
1  New figures 2012 from the Norwegian Mapping Authority for "In the sea". The Norwegian Polar Research Institute has calculated the area figures for Svalbard, Jan Mayen and dependencies.
2  The sea territory within the territorial limit.
3  The sea territory within the baseline.
4  The sea territory between the baseline and the territorial limit of 12 nautical miles.
5  Norway's economic zone consists of the maritime zone between the territorial limit of 12 nautical miles and 200 nautical miles, but is limited to the border with neighbouring countries where the border line is further in than 400 nautical miles.
6  The fisheries protection zone around Svalbard stretches from the territorial limit to 200 nautical miles calculated from the Svalbard baselines. The zone is delimited by the boundary for Norway's economic zone and agreed demarcation lines with other states.
7  The fisheries zone around Jan Mayen stretches from the territorial limit to 200 nautical miles calculated from the Jan Mayen baseline. Where another state's baseline is less than 400 nautical miles away, the zone is delimited by agreed demarcation lines between the states.
8  The sea-bed from the territorial limit to the outer limit of Norway's shelf.
9  Areas for regulated lakes are referring to highest regulated water level.
10  Artificial lake. Reservoir for the Ulla-Førre hydroelectric power plants.
11  Also 520 km in Sweden (Klarälven - Göta älv), making it the longest river in the Nordic countries.
12  Only including firm rock.