Finnmarksvidda (the Finnmark plateau) is Norway's largest mountain plateau, with an area greater than 22,000 km². It lies at 300-500 meters above sea level. Approximately 36% of Finnmark county lies in the Finnmarksvidda. From Alta in the west to Varangerhalvøya in the east is over 400 km, and from north to south it is at least that long, and the plateau extends into Finland. County NO-20 Region Nord-Norge Administrative centre Vadsø County mayor   Area  - Total  - Percentage Ranked 1 48,618 km² 15. ... There are several pages in Wikipedia that refer to different meanings of Alta: Alta is a town and also is a ski area in Utah, USA. Alta is a town in Norway. ... Varanger Peninsula is a peninsula in Finnmark, north-eastern Norway, by the Barents Sea. ...

The plateau includes extensive birch woods, pine barrens, bogs and glacially formed lakes. Finnmarksvidda is situated north of the Arctic Circle and is best known as the land of the Sami people and their reindeer herds. The Sami used to live as nomads and in the middle of the tundra you will find their shelters which are still in use in winter time when the herder is looking after the reindeer herds. The Sami people (also Sámi, Saami, Lapps and Laplanders) are the indigenous people of Sápmi, which encompasses parts of northern Sweden, Norway, Finland and the Kola Peninsula of Russia. ...

Øvre Anarjóhka National Park lies in the Finnmarksvidda in Finnmark county, Norway. The park was opened in 1976 and is 1409 km² in area. Øvre Anarjóhka National Park lies in Karasjok and Kautokeino municipalities in Finnmark county, Norway. ... County NO-20 Region Nord-Norge Administrative centre Vadsø County mayor   Area  - Total  - Percentage Ranked 1 48,618 km² 15. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ...

Finnmarksvidda in the interior of the county has a continental climate with the coldest winter temperatures in Norway: the coldest temperature ever recorded was -51.4 °C (-60.5 °F) in Karasjok January 1 1886. The 24-hr averages for January & July at the same location are -17.1 °C (1.2 °F) and 13.1 °C (55.6 °F), year average is -2.4 °C (28 °F) and precipitation is only 366 mm (14.43 in)/year^[1]. Karasjok has recorded up to 32.4 °C (90.3 °F) in July, this gives a possible year amplitude of 84 °C (151 °F), which is rare in Europe. Finnmarksvidda has annual mean temperatures down to -3 °C (27 °F) (Sihcajavri in Kautokeino), this is the coldest in mainland Norway (except for higher mountains areas), and is even colder than Jan Mayen and Bjørnøya. A continental climate is the climate typical of the middle-latitude interiors of the large continents of the Northern Hemisphere in the zone of westerly winds; similar climates exist along the east coasts (but not the west coasts) of the same continents, and also at higher elevations in certain other... For other senses of this word, see winter (disambiguation). ... County Finnmark Landscape Municipality NO-2021 Administrative centre Karasjok Mayor (2004) Kjell H. Sæther (Ap) Official language form BokmÃ¥l and Sami Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 2 5,453 km² 5,205 km² 1. ... European redirects here. ... County Finnmark District Municipality NO-2011 Administrative centre Kautokeino Mayor (2004) Klemet Erland Hætta (Samefolkets liste - Sámi Peoples Party) Official language form BokmÃ¥l and Sami Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 1 9,708 km² 8,964 km² 3. ... Bjørnøya is located north of mainland Norway and south of Spitsbergen. ...

References and notes

1. ^ Link to Norwegian meteorilogical data.