Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.
In numbers
805km²
Area
734km
Coastline
659m
Highest point
Komagaksla
1,000
People
10°C
Warmest sea
August
9km
To the mainland
When to go to Sørøya
Good all year round.
The sea is warmest in August (10 °C) and coolest in March (4 °C). The water never reaches 21 °C: bring a wetsuit.
Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.
Island in Finnmark, Norway
Sørøya is an island in Norway. It covers 805 km², with 734 km of coastline. Its highest point, Komagaksla, rises to 659 m. About 1,000 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 9 km away.
Getting there
- Hammerfest Airport (HFT)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 54 km in a straight lineCar hire at HFT airport (Hammerfest)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- FerriesSørøysundXpressen, Øksfjord - Hasvik, LoppaXpressen
- 9 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
Plan the trip
Ferries, stays and things to do
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On the island
What you find on Sørøya.
- 6beachesStorsand and 5 more
- 8ferry terminalsHellefjord kai, Lundhamn kai, Lotre kai and 5 more
- 7named peaksKomagaksla, Fuglen, Ramntinden and 4 more
- 1castles and fortsSkippernes fort
- 3hotels, guesthouses and apartments
- 1restaurants, cafés and bars
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Sørøya in our other atlases
Everything Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas and Cascadyas know about what lies inside Sørøya, each with its own numbers.
50beaches and covesCoastya
17lakesLakeyas
3waterfallsCascadyas
Largest lake
0.96km²
Store Eggevatnet
according to Lakeyas
Warmest lake
16.0°C
Båtsfjordvatnet
surface water, warmest month · according to Lakeyas
Beach with the warmest sea
10.4°C
Store-Korsvik
sea in the warmest month · according to Coastya
50 beaches
on Coastya, the beach atlas
- Langstrand10.3°C
- Mebotnencove10.3°C
- Sørbotnencove10.3°C
- Taborshamncove10.4°C
- Lunnhamnacove9.9°C
- Ytter-Bølecove10.4°C
- Pompervikacove10.2°C
- Mollacove10.4°C
42 more on CoastyaOpen Coastya ↗
17 lakes
on Lakeyas, the lake atlas
- Store Eggevatnet0.96km²
- Langvatnet0.49km²
- Storbuktvatn0.45km²
- Ofjordvatnet0.39km²
- Båtsfjordvatnet0.34km²
- Holmenvatnet0.32km²
- Langstrandvatnet0.22km²
- Hasfjordvatnet0.21km²
9 more on LakeyasLakeyas is coming soonOpen Lakeyas ↗
3 waterfalls
on Cascadyas, the waterfall atlas
- Fossen
- Sjørbisen
- Elvefossen
Cascadyas is coming soonOpen Cascadyas ↗
The shape of the land.
On average the island stands 199 m above the sea. 53 % of it is below 200 m.
- 14 %0–50 m
- 39 %50–200 m
- 46 %200–500 m
- 2 %500–1,000 m
Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).
Size, for real
Next to islands you may know.
50 km
All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).
Towns on the island
- Breivikbotnno census figure
Month by month
The weather on the island.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon high (°C) | -1 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Night low (°C) | -5 | -5 | -4 | -1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | -1 | -3 |
| Sea (°C) | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 |
| Rain (mm) | 81 | 77 | 98 | 70 | 84 | 92 | 96 | 91 | 98 | 108 | 95 | 101 |
| Wet days | 18 | 17 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 21 | 18 | 20 |
| Sun h/day | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 5.3 | 7.1 | 6.9 | 6.2 | 4.6 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 0.1 | — |
| Wind (km/h) | 24 | 24 | 23 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 24 |
Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.
Recent years
Warmer and cooler years at sea.
Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | −0.1 | +0.4 | +0.3 | −0.2 | ±0.0 | +0.8 | +0.5 | +0.9 | +0.9 | +1.1 | +0.9 | +0.6 |
| 2021 | +0.9 | +0.2 | +0.5 | +1.0 | ±0.0 | +0.2 | −0.1 | +0.3 | ±0.0 | +0.3 | +0.2 | −0.1 |
| 2022 | +0.1 | −0.1 | +0.2 | ±0.0 | −0.4 | +0.6 | +1.3 | +0.8 | +0.4 | +0.7 | +1.0 | +0.3 |
| 2023 | +0.6 | +0.5 | +0.1 | +0.2 | ±0.0 | +0.2 | +0.6 | +1.0 | +0.7 | +0.2 | ±0.0 | −0.3 |
| 2024 | −0.2 | −0.1 | +0.1 | +0.1 | −0.3 | +1.0 | +1.3 | +3.2 | +2.7 | +1.9 | +1.4 | +0.3 |
| 2025 | +0.2 | +0.5 | +0.6 | +0.4 | +0.2 | +0.8 | +0.9 | +2.1 | +2.3 | +1.9 | +1.3 | +0.7 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
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| Names, area, population | Wikidata (Q3286995) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Outline | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Sea temperature | NOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020 |
| Climate | NASA POWER · 1991–2020 |
| Relief, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Towns | GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Beaches, mountains, lakes and waterfalls | Coastya, Lakeyas, Cascadyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST; HydroLAKES (Messager et al. 2016) · CC BY 4.0, LakeTEMP (Korver et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0 |
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