Magerøya
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Finnmark, Norway |
| Coordinates | 71°02′01″N 25°49′35″E / 71.0335°N 25.8265°E |
| Area | 436.4 km2 (168.5 sq mi) |
| Length | 30 km (19 mi) |
| Width | 35 km (21.7 mi) |
| Highest elevation | 417 m (1368 ft) |
| Highest point | Gråkallfjellet |
| Administration | |
Norway | |
| County | Finnmark |
| Municipality | Nordkapp Municipality |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 3201 (2012) |
Magerøya (Norwegian) or Máhkarávju (Northern Sami) is a large island in Finnmark county, in the extreme northern part of Norway. The island lies along the Barents Sea in Nordkapp Municipality, just north of the Porsanger Peninsula. The mouth of Porsangerfjorden lies off the east coast of the island.
Magerøya has an area of 436.6 square kilometres (168.6 sq mi) and the highest elevation on the island is the 417-metre (1,368 ft) mountain Gråkallfjellet. The most northern point on the island is also the northernmost point in Norway outside of Svalbard and Bjørnøya: Knivskjellodden. The island features a bleak, barren, tundra-covered landscape devoid of any trees (except for a few small pockets of mountain birch), with steep cliffs along the coast, and dramatic mountainscapes in the interior. On southern Magerøya, archaeologists have found evidence of settlements dating back 10,000 years.
Due to its location inside the Arctic Circle, the Sun does not set from mid-May to late July and does not rise from mid-November to late January.