Storskog

Storskog
—  Village  —
Storskog border control Norway-Russia
Storskog
Location in Norway
Coordinates:
Country Norway
Region Northern Norway
County Finnmark
Municipality Sør-Varanger
Time zone CET (UTC+01)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+02)

Storskog is a place in Sør-Varanger municipality, Finnmark, Norway, where there is the only legal land border crossing from Norway to Russia. It lies on the E105 road, 16 km east of Kirkenes.[1] In 2010, 141 000 passages were made across the border at the Storskog border station[2]. Storskog lies opposite the Russian village of Boris Gleb, the location of the Russian border post.

References

  1. ^ Lee, Phil (2006). Rough Guide to Norway. p. 375. ISBN 978 1 84353 660 4. 
  2. ^ Årsmelding for 2010 Region Nord-Noreg