Geography of Norway
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| Continent | Europe |
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| Region | Northern Europe |
| Coordinates | 5 degrees north and 8 degrees east |
| Area | |
| • Total | 385,170 km2 (148,710 sq mi) |
| • Land | 94.95% |
| • Water | 5.05% |
| Coastline | 25,148 km (15,626 mi) |
| Borders |
Total land borders: 2515 km |
| Highest point |
Galdhøpiggen 2469 m |
| Lowest point |
Norwegian Sea -0 meters |
| Longest river |
Glomma 604 km |
| Largest lake |
Mjøsa 362 km2 |
Norway is a country located in Northern Europe on the western and northern part of the Scandinavian Peninsula, bordering the North Sea in southwest and the Skagerrak inlet to the south, the North Atlantic Ocean (Norwegian Sea) in the west and the Barents Sea to the northeast. Norway has a long land border with Sweden to the east, a shorter one with Finland in the northeast and a still shorter border with Russia in the far northeast.
Norway has a very elongated shape, one of the longest and most rugged coastlines in the world, and some 50,000 islands off the extremely indented coastline. The mainland covers 13° latitude, from 58°N to more than 71°N, (Svalbard north to 81°N), and covers the longitude from 5°E in Solund to 31°E in Vardø (Jan Mayen to 9°W, Kvitøya to 33°E).
Norway is one of the world's most northerly countries, and one of Europe's most mountainous countries with large areas dominated by the Scandinavian Mountains; average elevation is 460 m and 32% of the mainland is located above the tree line.
The country-length chain of peaks is geologically continuous with the mountains of Scotland, Ireland and, crossing the Atlantic Ocean, the Appalachian Mountains of North America. Geologists hold that all these formed a single range prior to the breakup of the ancient supercontinent Pangaea.
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