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    Finnmarksvidda (Northern Sami: Finnmárkkoduottar; English: Finnmark plateau/highland) is Norway's largest plateau, with an area greater than 22,000 square...
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    on the coast. The interior parts of the county are part of the great Finnmarksvidda plateau, with an elevation of 300 to 400 m (980 to 1,310 ft), with numerous...
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    Skjåk in Innlandet get 295 millimetres (11.6 inches) precipitation. Finnmarksvidda and some interior valleys of Troms receive around 400 millimetres (16...
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    Municipality. The river is one of the most important rivers that drains the Finnmarksvidda plateau. It flows into the famous salmon-fishing Tana River near the...
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    and author Odd Mathis Hætta has described in the book Samibygder på Finnmarksvidda that as a four-year-old in the autumn of 1944 he observed the plane...
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    and moist air coming from the southwest, thus northern Sweden and the Finnmarksvidda plateau in Norway receive little precipitation and have cold winters...
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    are larger, with a maximum difference of 28 °C (50 °F) in Karasjok. Finnmarksvidda has the coldest winters in mainland Norway, but inland areas much further...
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    The Sámi author Odd Mathis Hætta writes in the book Samebygder på Finnmarksvidda 2 about 3 Serbian prisoners who had escaped from a prison camp and who...
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    Some depressions found in Jutland, and some circular lakes in the Finnmarksvidda plateau may be remnants of collapsed pingos. The possible Jutland pingos...
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    Location Approx. latitude Approx. elevation of tree line Notes (m) (ft) Finnmarksvidda, Norway 69°N 500 1,600 At 71°N, near the coast, the tree-line is below...
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  • Eilif Skodvin, Anne Bjørnstad 28 August 2019 (2019-08-28) 1031 A.D. Finnmarksvidda: Shield-maiden Alfhildr arrives at a collection of huts, looking for...
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    Senja. The interior and the coast east of Nordkapp (corresponding to Finnmarksvidda and eastern Finnmark) is less dominated by mountains, and is mostly...
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    (north) from the Alta Power Station. The river flows down from the Finnmarksvidda plateau (elevation: 450 metres or 1,480 feet) into the canyon (elevation:...
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    of the Alta River, and it receives most of its water from the great Finnmarksvidda plateau. Below the power station, the river has salmon, and is a good...
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    opp med gruveaksjonistene på Finnmarksvidda [During Donald's Christmas he overcomes the mining activists on Finnmarksvidda] Alta - Kraftkampen som utfordret...
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    the Norwegian National Road 92. The small village lies on the vast Finnmarksvidda plateau, about half-way between the villages of Masi and Kautokeino...
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    the coast. The interior parts of the county include part of the great Finnmarksvidda plateau, with an elevation of 300 to 400 m (980 to 1,310 ft), with numerous...
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    120 km (75 mi) southeast of Storslett, as the vast and more barren Finnmarksvidda plateau takes over. Reisa National Park protects the upper part of the...
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    Altafjord, including large tracts of woodlands, as well as parts of the Finnmarksvidda plateau. On its way from the plateau down to the fjord, the river Altaelva...
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  • county, Norway. The 6.3-square-kilometre (2.4 sq mi) lake lies on the Finnmarksvidda plateau, about 800 metres (2,600 ft) west of the border with Finland...
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  • county, Norway. The 23.71-square-kilometre (9.15 sq mi) lake lies on the Finnmarksvidda plateau, about 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) northwest of the village of Kautokeino...
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  • county, Norway. The 2.33-square-kilometre (0.90 sq mi) lake lies on the Finnmarksvidda plateau, about 18 kilometres (11 mi) northeast of the village of Máze...
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    Kautokeino, and Karasjok in Finnmark county, Norway. The lake lies on the Finnmarksvidda plateau about 50 kilometres (31 mi) northwest of the village of Karasjok...
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    Sautso, one of the largest canyons in Europe on its way from the high Finnmarksvidda plateau down to the sea. The villages of Kautokeino and Masi are located...
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    northeast of the country is less mountainous, with rolling hills and the Finnmarksvidda plateau. Further north still, the archipelago of Svalbard has an arctic...
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  • the worldview of the Sami people. The film was shot in Kautokeino, Finnmarksvidda during the winter of 1987, where temperatures were as low as –47 °C...
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  • county, Norway. The 7-square-kilometre (2.7 sq mi) lake lies on the Finnmarksvidda plateau, about 30 kilometres (19 mi) west of the village of Masi. List...
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    characterized by big islands, like Sørøya and Seiland. The inland is covered by Finnmarksvidda, a relatively barren plateau about 300 to 400 metres (980 to 1,310 ft)...
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  • county, Norway. The 4.38-square-kilometre (1.69 sq mi) lake lies on the Finnmarksvidda plateau, about 22 kilometres (14 mi) northeast of the village of Máze...
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  • county, Norway. The 4.76-square-kilometre (1.84 sq mi) lake lies on the Finnmarksvidda plateau, immediately north of the Finland–Norway border, along European...
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