Gangsås or Gansås is a part of the
town of Harstad within
Harstad Municipality
( se, Hárstták) is the second-most populated municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is mostly located on the large island of Hinnøya. The municipal center is the town of Harstad, the most populous town in Central Hålogaland, ...
in
Troms
Troms (; se, Romsa; fkv, Tromssa; fi, Tromssa) is a former county in northern Norway. On 1 January 2020 it was merged with the neighboring Finnmark county to create the new Troms og Finnmark county. This merger is expected to be reversed by t ...
county,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...
. It is situated on the southern and western sides of a small peninsula southeast of the city center. The main neighbourhoods are ''Vollen'' (inhabited since 1975) and ''Øvre Gangsås'' (''Upper Gangsås'') (established in the 1980s).
Gangsås is bounded by
Stangnes to the east,
Åsby and
Kanebogen
Kanebogen is part of the town of Harstad within Harstad Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is located about south of the city center. Kanebogen borders the neighborhoods of Gangsås to the north, Stangnes to the northeast, Medkila
Me ...
to the south, and
Vågsfjorden to the northwest.
Gangsåstoppen
The ending ''ås'' in Gangsås means ''hill'', and the top of the hill is called ''Gangsåstoppen''. It is uninhabited, has an elevation of approximately above sea level, and has one of the best views of the city (to the west) and the surrounding areas, including the hills
Middagsfjellet and
Hinnstein. To the east one sees the island of
Rolla and the mainland, to the south is the
Tjeldsundet
Tjeldsundet is a strait in Northern Norway. The long strait is located between the island of Hinnøya and mainland Norway in its northern part and between Hinnøya and the island of Tjeldøya in its southern part. Tjeldsundet has been an importa ...
strait, and to the north are the islands of
Grytøya
or is an island in Harstad Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The island lies just north of the large island of Hinnøya and south of the island of Bjarkøya. It is surrounded by the Vågsfjorden in the east and the Andfjorden ...
and
Senja
or is an island in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway, Europe. With an area of , it is the second largest island in Norway (outside of the Svalbard archipelago). It has a wild, mountainous outer (western) side facing the Atlantic, and a mild ...
.
A marked path leads to Gangsåstoppen from the car park at the end of the ''Toppenveien'' road. The trip takes about 20 minutes, and there is a mail box at the top where one may sign the guest book.
Industry
At the western foot of the hill is ''Mercur''; some people live there, but the area is mostly industrialized, not least by
Statoil.
Media gallery
File:Vollen i regn.jpg, Part of Vollen on a rainy day.
File:Harstad at night seen from Gangsåstoppen.jpg, The northern part of Harstad at night (looking northwest from Gangsåstoppen).
References
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