Søroya [1] [2] (there is also a variant of Søroya [3] ; Norwegian. Sørøya - southern island, Sámi . Sállan [~ 1] ) - an island in northern Norway in the county of Finnmark . By area ( 811.43 km² ) it is the eighth island of Norway , and without the islands of the Svalbard archipelago - the fourth. The population of the island is 1092 people (2012 census).
| Seryoya | |
|---|---|
| Norwegian Sørøya , North Sami Sállan | |
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| Specifications | |
| Square | 811.43 km² |
| Highest point | 653 m |
| Population | 1092 people (2012) |
| Population density | 1.35 people / km² |
| Location | |
| Water area | Norwegian sea |
| A country |
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| Fülke | Finnmark |
| Communes | Hasvik , Hammerfest |
Content
Geography
The island is located a little west of Hammerfest . From the west and north, Söroya is washed by the Norwegian Sea , from the south by the Lopphavet Strait, from the southeast and east by the Søroysund Strait, from the north-east by the Rolvøysund Strait. Søroisund separates the island from three other large islands - Stjörnöy (Skjörnöy), Sejlann and Kvaljöy . Rolvsoysund separates Søroy from the island of Rolvsøy .
Administratively, Söroya belongs to two municipalities: the western part - to Hasvik , the eastern - to Hammerfest (previously the eastern part of the island belonged to the municipality of , which from January 1, 1992 became part of the municipality of Hammerfest) [5] .
The main settlements of the island: Hasvik in the south, Breivikbotn, Breivik, Server in the west, Accarfjord in the north, Langstrann in the east.
The island is mountainous landscape. The highest point is Mount , located near the southern coast of the island (coordinates - ). The length of the island is 64.3 km, the maximum width is 23.3 km. The coastline of the island is indented by numerous fjords [6] .
Vegetation
The following types of vegetation are found on the island: mountain tundra , birch twigs , meadows , swamp vegetation, and coastal vegetation [3] .
Historical Information
In the south of the island, graves and human remains dating from the Stone Age have been found [6] . Rock paintings of about 11 thousand years old were found [7] .
On February 15, 1945, the first stage of the rescue operation took place on the island, during which 525 civilians were four destroyers of the Royal Navy of Great Britain evacuated first to Murmansk and then to Scotland . In English military historiography, this evacuation is known as Operation Open Door .
In December 1994, while towing in the Norwegian Sea, the light cruiser Murmansk , sold by Russia to India for metal, fell into a storm. The tow cables could not stand it and the cruiser was thrown onto the cliffs of the island of Söroya near the village of Sverver [8] . Until 2008, the cruiser rusted in the fjord and became a local tourist attraction. The program of some tours of Finnmark even included a visit to the Soviet ship [9] . However, an analysis of samples from the ship, carried out in 2008, showed the presence of radioactive substances, polychlorobiphenyl and brominated flame retardants [10] , after which it was decided in Norway to dismantle and dispose of the cruiser. In 2009, the Norwegian company signed a contract for the disposal of the ship. Work began in 2010; they included the construction of a dock around the ship, pumping water and cutting the ship's hull in a dry dock [11] [12] . The consequences of the crash were finally eliminated in 2012 [6] .
International cooperation on the island
In 2011, the allocated a grant for the implementation of a joint Russian-Norwegian project “Botanical excursions on the island of Söroya”, the purpose of which was to study the plant communities of the island and publish an appropriate trilingual guide (in Russian , Norwegian and English ) to popularize scientific knowledge about the nature of the island - in particular, for the purpose of scientific support of botanical excursions and ecological tourism routes. The project participant from the Russian side was the Laboratory of Flora and Vegetation of the Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden-Institute named after N. A. Avrorina KSC RAS (PABSI), with the Norwegian - the commune of Hammerfest . This project was a continuation of the joint activities of Russia and Norway on the scientific support of nature conservation , including an inventory of biodiversity , the dissemination of true scientific knowledge about the environment , and the development of organized thematic (scientific and ecological) tourism [3] .
Regular Events
A fishing festival is held annually in July in the south of the island [6] .
Comments
- ↑ The same Sami name, Sállan , has another Norwegian island, Skugerøya , located in the eastern part of Finnmark in the Varanger Fjord [4] .
Notes
- ↑ Seryoya // Dictionary of geographical names of foreign countries / resp. ed. A.M. Komkov . - 3rd ed., Revised. and add. - M .: Nedra , 1986.- S. 332.
- ↑ Norway. Reference card. 1: 2 500 000 . - Ed. the fourth. - M .: Main Directorate of Geodesy and Cartography under the Council of Ministers of the USSR, 1977. - 27,800 copies.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Koroleva, 2012 .
- ↑ Steinar Pedersen. NOU 1994: 21 Bruk av land og vann i Finnmark i historisk perspektiv - Bakgrunnsmateriale for Samerettsutvalget (Norwegian) .Regjeringen.no (1994). Date of treatment February 10, 2015. Archived February 10, 2015.
- ↑ Dalfest, Askheim, 2013
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Askheim, 2013 .
- ↑ Dalfest, Askheim, 2012
- ↑ As part of film production AF and Norwegian Coastal Administration have decided to install a webcam at the site of the ship wreck (link not available) . Date of treatment February 10, 2014. Archived June 24, 2011. (Nor.) (Eng.) (French) (German)
- ↑ Norwegian environmentalists have achieved the dismantling of the cruiser Murmansk from coastal cliffs - they are afraid of radiation.
- ↑ Maria Goman . The operation to extract the wreckage of the ship enters the active phase // BarentsObserver. June 01, 2011. (Retrieved February 10, 2014)
- ↑ AF Gruppen Norge AS signed a contract for the cutting of the flooded vessel of the Northern Fleet “Murmansk”
- ↑ Removal of the wreck "Murmansk" (inaccessible link - history ) . (eng.)
Literature
- Koroleva N. Ye. Søroya Island (Finnmark Province, Northern Norway) - the arena of international cooperation in the study and conservation of nature : [ arch. March 13, 2014 ] // Bulletin of the Kola Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences : journal. - 2012. - Issue. 2. - S. 37–42.
Links
- Askheim, Svein. Sørøya (Norwegian) . Store norske leksikon (July 8, 2013). Date of treatment February 10, 2012. Archived February 10, 2014.
- Dalfest, Terje & Askheim, Svein. Hasvik kommune i Finnmark (Norwegian) . Store norske leksikon (September 28, 2012). Date of treatment February 10, 2014. Archived February 10, 2014.
- Dalfest, Terje & Askheim, Svein. Hammerfest (Nor.) . Store norske leksikon (February 20, 2013). Date of treatment February 10, 2012. Archived February 10, 2014.