Banak, Norway

Banak is a small peninsula in Porsanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It sticks into the Vestbotn bay of vast Porsangerfjorden. Located immediately north of the village of Lakselv, the peninsula has Brennelvfjorden to its east and the river Lakselva to the east. Banak is the site of Lakselv Airport, Banak and Banak Air Station.[1]

A temperature of 32 degrees Celsius (89.6 F.) was recorded in Banak on July 30th, 2018, considered very unusual for a location in the Arctic circle, as part of the 2018 European heatwave.[2]


References
  1. Klevberg, Håvard (1996). Luftmakt i Finnmark: Banak flystasjon i Den kalde krigen 1955–1970. Forsvarsstudier. 4. Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies. ISSN 0333-3981.
  2. "Animals, crops suffering as Europe's heatwave hits new highs". AP. 2018.


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