Kvænangsfjellet ( fkv, Naavuononvaara) is a line of mountains along the border of the municipalities of

Kvænangen Kvænangen ( sme, Návuotna; fkv, Naavuono) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Burfjord. The European route E6 highway goes through the municipality and over th ...

and

Nordreisa Nordreisa ( se, Ráisa ; fkv, Raisi) is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Troms og Finnmark Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Storslett. Other villages include O ...

Troms og Finnmark Troms og Finnmark (; sme, Romsa ja Finnmárku ; fkv, Tromssa ja Finmarkku; fi, Tromssa ja Finnmark, lit. Troms and Finnmark in English language, English), is a Counties of Norway, county in Northern Norway, northern Norway that was established ...

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. The

European route E6 European route E6 ( no, Europavei 6, sv, Europaväg 6, or simply E6) is the main north-south thoroughfare through Norway as well as the west coast of Sweden. It is long and runs from the southern tip of Sweden at Trelleborg, into Norway and t ...

highway traverses the mountains through a

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between the

Oksfjorden , , or is a small fjord inlet in Nordreisa Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The name is sometimes anglicized as ''Oks Fjord''. At the innermost part of the fjord, lies the village of Oksfjordhamn. The European route E06 Euro ...

in the west to the Kvænangen fjord in the east. In the winter, route E6 is closed for 10 to 15 days due to snow storms. A short stretch of the route is exposed to the weather, a gap near the route's highest point, at . During the Second World War, the German occupation authorities built a wooden superstructure approximately long using labor from the

Veidal Prison Camp The Veidal Prison Camp ( no, Veidal fangeleir, german: Gefangenenlager Veidal Kvænangen) was established in Kvænangen in August 1942 by the German occupation authorities. The prison camp was a subunit of the Grini Prison Camp and, together with t ...

to protect the route. The structure was destroyed in

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tactics when the Germans withdrew to the south in 1944. The Gildetun Inn ( no, Gjestehuset Gildetun) is located along the E6 road that crosses the Kvænangsfjellet. It offers accommodation and meals during tourist season. It is located at a vantage place where tourists are able to photograph the mountain and fjord landscape. It also has a taxidermy display of local birds and other animals. The Kvænangsfjellet area is used in the summer by

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reindeer herders.

Gallery

Storbukttind.JPG, Storbukttind (literally, 'Big Bay Peak'; ) stands just west of route E6. Værutsatt strekning.JPG, The road over Kvænangsfjellet in April. Kvænangsfjellet Skiterreng 21. april.JPG, Kvænangsfjellet ski area, east of route E6.

References

External links

Gildetun Inn on Kvænangsfjellet
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kvaenangsfjellet Geography of Troms og Finnmark European route E6 Mountain passes of Norway