Vardø, Norway
Vardø is a small town located on the island of Vardøya in the Barents Sea just off the coast of the Varanger peninsula in Vardø municipality in Finnmark county in north east Norway. Vardø is the easternmost town in Norway (and in all the Nordic countries) located at 31°E which is east of Saint Petersburg, Kiev, and Istanbul. The eastern part of Finnmark is in the same time zone as the rest of Norway but it is more than an hour at odds with daylight hours. Vardø is connected to the mainland by the undersea Vardø tunnel which is part of European route E75.
The port of Vardø, and another port in nearby Svartnes on the mainland, remains ice-free all year round thanks to the effect of the warm North Atlantic drift and the largest industry in the town is fishing and fish processing.
Since 1998, Vardø has housed a radar installation called Globus II. Its official purpose is the tracking of space junk but due to the site's proximity to Russia and an alleged connection between the Globus II system and US anti-missile systems, the site has been the basis for heated controversy in diplomatic and intelligence circles.
Date: 27th May 2009
Location: view looking north east towards Vardøya and Vardø, Varanger peninsula, Finnmark, Norway
The port of Vardø, and another port in nearby Svartnes on the mainland, remains ice-free all year round thanks to the effect of the warm North Atlantic drift and the largest industry in the town is fishing and fish processing.
Since 1998, Vardø has housed a radar installation called Globus II. Its official purpose is the tracking of space junk but due to the site's proximity to Russia and an alleged connection between the Globus II system and US anti-missile systems, the site has been the basis for heated controversy in diplomatic and intelligence circles.
Date: 27th May 2009
Location: view looking north east towards Vardøya and Vardø, Varanger peninsula, Finnmark, Norway
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Also in: North Finland and north Norway - May and June 2009
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