Extreme points of Norway
Latitude and longitude
Table:
Heading	Scope	Location	Region	Bordering entity

North	Kingdom	Rossøya	Svalbard	Barents Sea

North	Proper	Knivskjellodden	Magerøya	Barents Sea

North	Mainland	Cape Nordkinn	Lebesby	Barents Sea

South	Kingdom	Pysen	Mandal	Skagerrak

South	Mainland	Lindesnes	Lindesnes	Skagerrak

South	Dependencies	Larsøya	Bouvet Island	Atlantic Ocean

South	Antarctica	South Pole	Queen Maud Land	n/a

East	Kingdom	Kræmerpynten	Svalbard	Barents Sea

East	Proper	Hornøya	Vardø	Barents Sea

East	Mainland	Kibergsneset	Vardø	Barents Sea

East	Antarctica	Eastern Border	Queen Maud Land	Australian Antarctic Territory

West	Kingdom	Hoybergodden	Jan Mayen	Greenland Sea

West	Proper	Holmebåen	Solund	North Sea

West	Mainland	Vardetangen	Austrheim	North Sea

West	Antarctica	-	Peter I Island	Amundsen Sea

Using the following table along with the supporting evidence listed at the end.

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Rossøya , sometimes referred to as Ross Island in English , is an island located in the Arctic Ocean . It is a part of Sjuøyane , a group of islands in the Svalbard archipelago , some 20 km north of the coast of Nordaustlandet , Svalbard in Arctic Norway . Rossøya is located 100 m north-northwest of the somewhat larger island Vesle Tavleøya . The northern point of Rossøya , at 80° 49′ 44.41″ North , is the northernmost point in Svalbard , and thereby also in the Kingdom of Norway . The distance to the North Pole is 1024.3 kilometers ( 637 mi / 553 nm ) , to Nordkapp on the Norwegian mainland 1084 km and to Pysen , off the southern tip of mainland Norway , 2580 km . Some sources describe Rossøya as the northernmost point of Europe , but this requires that Franz Josef Land be considered part of Asia , since Cape Fligely on Rudolf Island , Russia , is located at 81° 48′ 24″ North , which is 109 km closer to the North Pole . The island is named after James Clark Ross ( 1800-1862 ) , a British explorer who was part of William Edward Parry 's 1827 expedition with HMS Hecla to reach the North Pole . After passing by Sjuøyane and Rossøya , the expedition was forced to give up , after getting stuck in the ice . However , the expedition set a new record as the expedition that had reached the furthest north at the time . The island may have been sighted as early as 1618 , along with the rest of Sjuøyane , by an Enkhuizen whaler . However , the island was marked on a map as early as 1663 by Hendrick Doncker . This was later followed by cartographers such as Pieter Goos , Cornelis Giles and Outger Rep .
The name Svalbard comes from an older native name for the archipelago , Svalbarð , composed of the well-attested Old Norse words svalr ( cold ) and barð ( edge ; ridge ) . The name Spitsbergen originated with Dutch navigator and explorer Willem Barentsz , who described the pointed mountains or , in Dutch , spitse bergen that he saw on the west coast of the main island , Spitsbergen . Barentsz did not recognize that he had discovered an archipelago , and consequently the name Spitsbergen long remained in use both for the main island and for the archipelago as a whole .
The Barents Sea ( /ˈbærənts/ BARR-ənts , also US : /ˈbɑːrənts/ BAR-ənts ; Norwegian : Barentshavet , Urban East Norwegian : [ ˈbɑ̀ːrəntsˌhɑːvə ] ; Russian : Баренцево море , romanized : Barentsevo More ) is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean , located off the northern coasts of Norway and Russia and divided between Norwegian and Russian territorial waters . Known among Russians in the Middle Ages as the Murman Sea ( Norwegian Sea ) , the current name of the sea is after the historical Dutch navigator Willem Barentsz . This is a rather shallow shelf sea , with an average depth of 230 metres ( 750 ft ) , and it is an important site for both fishing and hydrocarbon exploration . The Barents Sea is bordered by the Kola Peninsula to the south , the shelf edge towards the Norwegian Sea to the west , and the archipelagos of Svalbard to the northwest , Franz Josef Land to the northeast and Novaya Zemlya to the east . The islands of Novaya Zemlya , an extension of the northern end of the Ural Mountains , separate the Barents Sea from the Kara Sea . Although part of the Arctic Ocean , the Barents Sea has been characterised as turning into the Atlantic because of its status as the Arctic warming hot spot . Hydrologic changes due to global warming have led to a reduction in sea ice and in stratification of the water column , which could produce major changes in weather in Eurasia .
Knivskjellodden or Knivskjelodden is a peninsula located in Nordkapp Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county , Norway . It is the northernmost point on the island of Magerøya in Northern Norway . It is sometimes considered the northernmost point of the entire continent of Europe . The nearby Kinnarodden on the Nordkinn Peninsula is the northernmost point on the mainland . The northernmost point of the country Norway is in fact Rossøya , in Svalbard , far north . Knivskjellodden can only be reached on foot , after a 9-kilometre ( 5.6 mi ) long hike from a parking area near the European route E69 highway ( 71°07′19″N 25°42′36″E / 71.122°N 25.71°E / 71.122 ; 25.71 ) , 6 km ( 3.7 mi ) south of North Cape . Travel agencies that organize trips for unaware tourists often advertise the North Cape as the northern extremity of Europe , but this is not true as the Knivskjellodden is 1,450 metres ( 4,760 ft ) further north .
Magerøya ( Northern Sami : Máhkarávju ) is a large island in Troms og Finnmark county , in the extreme northern part of Norway . The island lies along the Barents Sea in Nordkapp Municipality , just north of the Porsanger Peninsula . The mouth of Porsangerfjorden lies off the east coast of the island . Magerøya has an area of 436.6 square kilometres ( 168.6 sq mi ) and the highest elevation on the island is the 417-metre ( 1,368 ft ) mountain Gråkallfjellet . The most northern point on the island is also the northernmost point in Norway outside Svalbard : Knivskjellodden . The island features a bleak , barren , tundra-covered landscape devoid of any trees ( except for a few small pockets of mountain birch ) , with steep cliffs along the coast , and dramatic mountainscapes in the interior . On southern Magerøya , archaeologists have found evidence of settlements dating back 10,000 years .
Cape Nordkinn ( Norwegian : Kinnarodden or Nordkyn ) at 71°8′2″N 27°39′0″E / 71.13389°N 27.65000°E / 71.13389 ; 27.65000 is the northernmost point on the Nordkinn Peninsula in Troms og Finnmark county , Norway . It is notable for being the northernmost point of mainland Norway , and by extension the northernmost point of mainland Europe . The cape is located on the border of the municipalities of Gamvik and Lebesby .
Lebesby ( Northern Sami : Davvesiida and Kven : Lebespyy ) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county , Norway . The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Kjøllefjord . Other villages in the municipality include Ifjord , Kunes , Lebesby , and Veidnes . The 3,459-square-kilometre ( 1,336 sq mi ) municipality is the 8th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway . Lebesby is the 365th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,346 . The municipality 's population density is 0.4 inhabitants per square kilometre ( 1.0/sq mi ) and its population has increased by 3.5% over the last decade . The municipality consists of the western half of the Nordkinn Peninsula , along with areas around the Laksefjorden . Most people live in the village of Kjøllefjord . This municipality is dominated by ethnic Norwegians , whereas the areas around the Laksefjorden are predominantly Sami . Fishing is the mainstay of the population .
Pysen is a small skerry in Mandal municipality in Vest-Agder county , Norway . To the south of the small island of Skjernøy , the 250-square-metre ( 0.062-acre ) rock is the southernmost point of Norway proper .
The town of Mandal was established as a ladested municipality on 1 January 1838 ( see formannskapsdistrikt ) . On 1 July 1921 , a part of the neighboring municipality of Halse og Harkmark ( population : 221 ) that was next to the town of Mandal was merged with the town . During the 1960s , there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee . On 1 January 1964 , the town of Mandal ( population : 5,446 ) was merged with the rural municipalities of Halse og Harkmark ( population : 3,676 ) and Holum ( population : 1,127 ) to form a new , large municipality of Mandal . On 1 January 1965 , an unpopulated area of Mandal called Svalemyren was transferred to the neighboring municipality of Søgne . On 1 January 2020 , the three neighboring municipalities of Mandal , Marnardal , and Lindesnes will be merged into one large municipality called Lindesnes with its administrative centre being the town of Mandal .
The Skagerrak ( /ˈskæɡəræk/ SKAG-ə-rak , also US : /ˈskɑːɡərɑːk/ SKAH-gə-rahk , Danish : [ ˈskæːi̯ɐʁæk ] , Norwegian : [ ˈskɑ̀ːɡərɑk ] , Swedish : [ ˈskɑ̌ːɡɛrak ] ) is a strait running between the southeast coast of Norway , the west coast of Sweden , and the Jutland peninsula of Denmark , connecting the North Sea and the Kattegat sea area , which leads to the Baltic Sea . The Skagerrak contains some of the busiest shipping routes in the world , with vessels from every corner of the globe . It also supports an intensive fishing industry . The ecosystem is strained and negatively affected by direct human activities . Oslo is the only large city in the Skagerrak region .
Lindesnes Lighthouse ( Norwegian : Lindesnes fyr ) is a coastal lighthouse at the southernmost tip of Norway , about 10 kilometres ( 6.2 mi ) southwest of the village of Høllen in Lindesnes municipality in Vest-Agder county . The present lighthouse was built in 1915 , although the station was first built in 1656 to mark the entrance to the Skaggerak and the Baltic Sea from the North Sea . The current 16.1-metre ( 53 ft ) tall lighthouse is cast iron with a granite foundation . The lighthouse is painted white , with a red top . The light sits at an elevation of 50.1 metres ( 164 ft ) and it emits a fixed and flashing white light that is always on and it rotates between a low intensity and high intensity light every 20 seconds . The light comes from a first order Fresnel lens that can be seen for up to 17.7 nautical miles ( 32.8 km ; 20.4 mi ) .
Lindesnes ( English : the Naze ) is a municipality in Agder county , Norway . It is located in the traditional district of Sørlandet . The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Vigeland . Other villages in Lindesnes include Åvik , Høllen , Skofteland , Svenevig , and Vigmostad . The 316-square-kilometre ( 122 sq mi ) municipality is the 271st largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway . Lindesnes is the 202nd most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 4,950 . The municipality 's population density is 16.6 inhabitants per square kilometre ( 43/sq mi ) and its population has increased by 9.5% over the last decade .
Larsøya , sometimes anglicized as Lars Island , is a rocky island , less than 0.2 nautical miles ( 0.4 km ) long , which lies just off the southwestern extremity of the island of Bouvetøya in the South Atlantic Ocean . It was first roughly charted in 1898 by a German expedition under Carl Chun . The Norwegian expedition under Captain Harald Horntvedt made a landing on the island from the ship Norvegia in December 1927 , and named it after Lars Christensen , sponsor of the expedition .
Bouvet Island ( Norwegian : Bouvetøya or Bouvet-øya , Urban East Norwegian : [ bʊˈvèːœʏɑ ] ) is an uninhabited subantarctic high island and dependency of Norway located in the South Atlantic Ocean at 54°25′S 3°22′E / 54.417°S 3.367°E / -54.417 ; 3.367Coordinates : 54°25′S 3°22′E / 54.417°S 3.367°E / -54.417 ; 3.367 , thus locating it north of and outside the Antarctic Treaty System . It lies at the southern end of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and is the most remote island in the world , approximately 1,700 kilometres ( 1,100 mi ) north of the Princess Astrid Coast of Queen Maud Land , Antarctica , 1,160 kilometres ( 720 mi ) east of the South Sandwich Islands and 2,600 kilometres ( 1,600 mi ) south-southwest of the coast of South Africa . The island has an area of 49 square kilometres ( 19 sq mi ) , of which 93 percent is covered by a glacier . The centre of the island is an ice-filled crater of an inactive volcano . Some skerries and one smaller island , Larsøya , lie along the coast . Nyrøysa , created by a rock slide in the late 1950s , is the only easy place to land and is the location of a weather station . The island was first spotted on 1 January 1739 by Frenchman Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier , on a French exploration mission in the South Atlantic with the ships Aigle and Marie . They did not make a landfall , and he mislabeled the coordinates for the island and the island was not sighted again until 1808 , when the British whaler captain James Lindsay named it Lindsay Island . The first claim of landing , although disputed , was by American sailor Benjamin Morrell . In 1825 , the island was claimed for the British Crown by George Norris , who named it Liverpool Island . He also reported Thompson Island as nearby , although this was later shown to be a phantom island . The first Norvegia expedition landed on the island in 1927 and claimed it for Norway .
The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world 's oceans , with an area of about 106,460,000 square kilometers ( 41,100,000 square miles ) . It covers approximately 20 percent of Earth 's surface and about 29 percent of its water surface area . It separates the Old World from the New World . The Atlantic Ocean occupies an elongated , S-shaped basin extending longitudinally between Europe and Africa to the east , and the Americas to the west . As one component of the interconnected World Ocean , it is connected in the north to the Arctic Ocean , to the Pacific Ocean in the southwest , the Indian Ocean in the southeast , and the Southern Ocean in the south ( other definitions describe the Atlantic as extending southward to Antarctica ) . The Equatorial Counter Current subdivides it into the North ( ern ) Atlantic Ocean and the South ( ern ) Atlantic Ocean at about 8°N . Scientific explorations of the Atlantic include the Challenger expedition , the German Meteor expedition , Columbia University 's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and the United States Navy Hydrographic Office .
The South Pole , also known as the Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole , is one of the two points where Earth 's axis of rotation intersects its surface . It is the southernmost point on the surface of Earth and lies on the opposite side of Earth from the North Pole . Situated on the continent of Antarctica , it is the site of the United States Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station , which was established in 1956 and has been permanently staffed since that year . The Geographic South Pole is distinct from the South Magnetic Pole , the position of which is defined based on Earth 's magnetic field . The South Pole is at the center of the Southern Hemisphere .
Queen Maud Land ( Norwegian : Dronning Maud Land ) [ note 1 ] is a c. 2.7 million square kilometre ( 1.04 million sq mi ) region of Antarctica claimed as a dependent territory by Norway . The territory lies between 20° west and 45° east , between the claimed British Antarctic Territory to the west and the similarly claimed Australian Antarctic Territory to the east . On most maps there had been an unclaimed area between Queen Maud Land 's borders of 1939 and the South Pole until 12 June 2015 when Norway formally annexed that area . Positioned in East Antarctica , the territory comprises about one-fifth of the total area of Antarctica . The claim is named after the Norwegian queen Maud of Wales ( 1869-1938 ) . Norwegian Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen was the first person known to have set foot in the territory , in 1930 . On 14 January 1939 , the territory was claimed by Norway . On 23 June 1961 , Queen Maud Land became part of the Antarctic Treaty System , making it a demilitarised zone . It is one of two Antarctic claims made by Norway , the other being Peter I Island . They are administrated by the Polar Affairs Department of the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and Public Security in Oslo . Most of the territory is covered by the Antarctic ice sheet , and a tall ice wall stretches throughout its coast . In some areas further within the ice sheet , mountain ranges breach through the ice , allowing for birds to breed and the growth of a limited flora .
Kræmerpynten is the most eastern point of Kvitøya , Svalbard . The point is also the most eastern point of Norway , 33° 30 ' 59 '' E. The name Kræmerpynten originates from captain and Spitsbergen trapper Waldemar Hilbert Kræmer .
Hornøya is a small , 0.4 square kilometres ( 99 acres ) , uninhabited island in Vardø Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county , Norway . It lies in the Barents Sea , just east of the larger island of Vardøya where the town of Vardø is located . Vardø Lighthouse is situated at the highest point of the island , at an elevation of 65 metres ( 213 ft ) above sea level , and it protects the shipping lanes around the town of Vardø . The island is the easternmost point of Norway proper .
The town of Vardø and the rural district around it was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 ( see formannskapsdistrikt ) . The law required that all towns be separated from their rural districts , but because of a low population and very few voters , this was impossible to carry out for Vardø in 1838 . ( See also Hammerfest and Vadsø . ) The rural district of Vardø ( Vardø landdistrikt , which was renamed Båtsfjord in 1957 ) was officially separated from the town of Vardø in 1868 . During the 1960s , there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee . On 1 January 1964 , the eastern part of Båtsfjord merged with the town of Vardø to create Vardø Municipality . On 1 January 2020 , the municipality became part of the newly formed Troms og Finnmark county . Previously , it had been part of the old Finnmark county .
Kibergsneset ( also spelled Kibergneset ) is a peninsula in Vardø Municipality in Finnmark county , Norway . The small peninsula is located on the larger Varanger Peninsula along the Barents Sea . The village of Kiberg sits on the southwestern shore of the peninsula and the town of Vardø is located about 10 kilometres ( 6.2 mi ) to the northeast . There is a coastal fortress on the southeastern part of the peninsula . It was built by the occupying Germans during World War II . Kibergsneset is the easternmost point of mainland Norway .
The meridian 45° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean , Europe , Asia , Africa , the Indian Ocean , the Southern Ocean , and Antarctica to the South Pole . The 45th meridian east forms a great circle with the 135th meridian west .
The Australian Antarctic Territory ( AAT ) is a part of Antarctica administered by the Australian Antarctic Division , an agency of the federal Department of the Environment and Energy . The territory 's history dates to a claim on Enderby Land made by the United Kingdom in 1841 , which was subsequently expanded and eventually transferred to Australia in 1933 . It is the largest territory of Antarctica claimed by any nation by area . In 1961 , the Antarctic Treaty came into force . Article 4 deals with territorial claims , and although it does not renounce or diminish any preexisting claims to sovereignty , it also does not prejudice the position of Contracting Parties in their recognition or non-recognition of territorial sovereignty . As a result , only four other countries - New Zealand , the United Kingdom , France , and Norway - recognise Australia 's claim to sovereignty in Antarctica .
Høybergodden , officially Hoybergodden , is the most western point of the volcanic island of Jan Mayen . The name refers to the nearby volcanic crater of Hoyberg ( from the Dutch for haystack ) . The point is also the most western point of the Kingdom of Norway .
Jan Mayen ( Urban East Norwegian : [ jɑn ˈmɑ̀ɪən ] ) is a Norwegian volcanic island in the Arctic Ocean . It is 55 km ( 34 mi ) long ( southwest-northeast ) and 373 km2 ( 144 sq mi ) in area , partly covered by glaciers ( an area of 114.2 km2 ( 44.1 sq mi ) around the Beerenberg volcano ) . It has two parts : larger northeast Nord-Jan and smaller Sør-Jan , linked by a 2.5 km ( 1.6 mi ) wide isthmus . It lies 600 km ( 370 mi ) northeast of Iceland ( 495 km ( 305 mi ) NE of Kolbeinsey ) , 500 km ( 310 mi ) east of central Greenland and 1,000 km ( 620 mi ) west of the North Cape , Norway . The island is mountainous , the highest summit being the Beerenberg volcano in the north . The isthmus is the location of the two largest lakes of the island , Sørlaguna ( South Lagoon ) , and Nordlaguna ( North Lagoon ) . A third lake is called Ullerenglaguna ( Ullereng Lagoon ) . Jan Mayen was formed by the Jan Mayen hotspot . Although administered separately , in the ISO 3166-1 standard Jan Mayen and Svalbard are collectively designated as Svalbard and Jan Mayen , with the two-letter country code SJ .
The Greenland Sea is a body of water that borders Greenland to the west , the Svalbard archipelago to the east , Fram Strait and the Arctic Ocean to the north , and the Norwegian Sea and Iceland to the south . The Greenland Sea is often defined as part of the Arctic Ocean , sometimes as part of the Atlantic Ocean . However , definitions of the Arctic Ocean and its seas tend to be imprecise or arbitrary . In general usage the term Arctic Ocean would exclude the Greenland Sea . In oceanographic studies the Greenland Sea is considered part of the Nordic Seas , along with the Norwegian Sea . The Nordic Seas are the main connection between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans and , as such , could be of great significance in a possible shutdown of thermohaline circulation . In oceanography the Arctic Ocean and Nordic Seas are often referred to collectively as the Arctic Mediterranean Sea , a marginal sea of the Atlantic . The sea has Arctic climate with regular northern winds and temperatures rarely rising above 0 °C ( 32 °F ) . It previously contained the Odden ice tongue ( or Odden ) area , which extended eastward from the main East Greenland ice edge in the vicinity of 72-74°N during the winter and acted as a key winter ice formation area in the Arctic . The West Ice forms in winter in the Greenland Sea , north of Iceland , between Greenland and Jan Mayen island . It is a major breeding ground of harp seal and hooded seal that has been used for seal hunting for more than 200 years .
Holmebåen is a point on the tiny island of Steinsøy in an archipelago of small islands northwest of the Utvær islands in the municipality of Solund in Vestland county , Norway . It lies about 18 kilometres ( 11 mi ) west of the municipal center of Hardbakke . Holmebåen is the westernmost point in Norway proper ( not counting the Jan Mayen island ) .
Solund is a municipality in the county of Vestland , Norway . It is located in the traditional district of Sogn . Solund is the westernmost island municipality in Norway . Holmebåen on the island of Steinsøy is the westernmost point in all of Norway . Most residents of Solund live on the main islands of Sula and Ytre Sula . The administrative centre of Solund is the village of Hardbakke on Sula island . Some other villages in Solund include Kolgrov on Ytre Sula , Hersvikbygda on Sula , and Losnegard on Losna . The 228-square-kilometre ( 88 sq mi ) municipality is the 316th largest by area out of the 422 municipalities in Norway . Solund is the 409th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 820 . The municipality 's population density is 3.7 inhabitants per square kilometre ( 9.6/sq mi ) and its population has decreased by 6.4% over the last decade . In 2016 , the chief of police for Vestlandet formally suggested a reconfiguration of police districts and stations . He proposed that the police station in Solund be closed .
The North Sea is a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean located between Great Britain ( England and Scotland ) , Denmark , Norway , Germany , the Netherlands , Belgium and France . An epeiric ( or shelf ) sea on the European continental shelf , it connects to the ocean through the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian Sea in the north . It is more than 970 kilometres ( 600 mi ) long and 580 kilometres ( 360 mi ) wide , with an area of 570,000 square kilometres ( 220,000 sq mi ) . The North Sea has long been the site of important European shipping lanes as well as a major fishery . The coast is a popular destination for recreation and tourism in bordering countries , and more recently the sea has developed into a rich source of energy resources , including fossil fuels , wind , and early efforts in wave power . Historically , the North Sea has featured prominently in geopolitical and military affairs , particularly in Northern Europe . It was also important globally through the power northern Europeans projected worldwide during much of the Middle Ages and into the modern era . The North Sea was the centre of the Vikings ' rise . Subsequently , the Hanseatic League , the Netherlands , and the British each sought to dominate the North Sea and thus access to the world 's markets and resources . As Germany 's only outlet to the ocean , the North Sea continued to be strategically important through both World Wars . The coast of the North Sea presents a diversity of geological and geographical features . In the north , deep fjords and sheer cliffs mark the Norwegian and Scottish coastlines , whereas in the south , the coast consists primarily of sandy beaches and wide mudflats .
Vardetangen is a point in Austrheim municipality in Hordaland county , Norway . This place is notable in that it is the western-most mainland point in Norway proper . The point is located on the mainland Lindås peninsula , jutting out into the Fensfjorden . It is located about 3.8 kilometres ( 2.4 mi ) west of the Mongstad industrial area .
Austrheim is a municipality in the Nordhordland region of Vestland county , Norway . The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Årås . Other villages in the municipality include Austrheim and Kaland . The Mongstad industrial area lies along the border of Austrheim and neighboring Lindås municipality . The westernmost point of mainland Norway lies in the municipality at Vardetangen . The 58-square-kilometre ( 22 sq mi ) municipality is the 347th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway . Austrheim is the 271st most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 2,887 . The municipality 's population density is 50.8 inhabitants per square kilometre ( 132/sq mi ) and its population has increased by 12.1% over the previous decade . In 2016 , the chief of police for Vestlandet formally suggested a reconfiguration of police districts and stations . He proposed that the police station for Austrheim and Fedje be closed .
Peter I Island ( Norwegian : Peter I Øy ) is an uninhabited volcanic island in the Bellingshausen Sea , 450 kilometres ( 280 mi ) from continental Antarctica . It is claimed as a dependency of Norway , and along with Bouvet Island and Queen Maud Land comprises one of the three Norwegian dependent territories in the Antarctic and Subantarctic . Peter I Island is 11 by 19 kilometres ( 6.8 by 11.8 mi ) long and 156 square kilometres ( 60 sq mi ) , slightly larger than Staten Island in the state of New York in the United States . The tallest peak is the ultra and 1,640-meter ( 5,380 ft ) tall Lars Christensen Peak . Nearly all of the island is covered by a glacier and it is surrounded most of the year by pack ice , making it inaccessible during these times . There is little vertebrate animal life on the island apart from some seabirds and seals . The island was first sighted by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen on 21 January 1821 and was named for Peter I of Russia . Not until 2 February 1929 did anyone set foot on the island , when Nils Larsen and Ola Olstad 's Second Norvegia Expedition , financed by Lars Christensen , was successful . They claimed it for Norway , who annexed it in 1931 and made it a dependency in 1933 . The next landing occurred in 1948 and the island has been subject to some scientific research and a limited amount of tourism . The island became subject to the Antarctic Treaty in 1961 . Since 1987 , there has been an automated meteorological station on the island .
The Amundsen Sea , an arm of the Southern Ocean off Marie Byrd Land in western Antarctica , lies between Cape Flying Fish ( the northwestern tip of Thurston Island ) to the east and Cape Dart on Siple Island to the west . Cape Flying Fish marks the boundary between the Amundsen Sea and the Bellingshausen Sea . West of Cape Dart there is no named marginal sea of the Southern Ocean between the Amundsen and Ross Seas . The Norwegian expedition of 1928-1929 under Captain Nils Larsen named the body of water for the Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen while exploring this area in February 1929 . The sea is mostly ice-covered , and the Thwaites Ice Tongue protrudes into it . The ice sheet which drains into the Amundsen Sea averages about 3 km ( 1.9 mi ) in thickness ; roughly the size of the state of Texas , this area is known as the Amundsen Sea Embayment ( ASE ) ; it forms one of the three major ice-drainage basins of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet .