Skibotn

E381853

settlement village

Skibotn is a small village in northern Norway known for its clear skies and role as a center for astronomical observations.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Skibotn canonical	2
Skibotnelva	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	settlement ⓘ village ⓘ
climateType	subarctic climate ⓘ
country	Norway ⓘ
distanceTo	about 50 km from Lyngseidet ⓘ about 90 km from Tromsø ⓘ
economicActivity	service sector ⓘ small-scale fishing ⓘ tourism ⓘ
elevation	near sea level ⓘ
hasAstronomicalFacility	Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory ⓘ surface form: Nordlysobservatoriet (Aurora Observatory) Skibotn Observatory ⓘ
hasEthnicCommunity	Kven population ⓘ Sami population ⓘ
hasFeature	Skibotn marketplace ⓘ Skibotn river valley ⓘ coastal location ⓘ mountain surroundings ⓘ
hasNaturalPhenomenon	frequent northern lights ⓘ midnight sun in summer ⓘ polar night in winter ⓘ
hasReligiousBuilding	Skibotn Chapel ⓘ
knownFor	astronomical observations ⓘ clear skies ⓘ low cloud cover ⓘ low light pollution ⓘ
languageUsed	Kven ⓘ Northern Sami language ⓘ surface form: Northern Sami Norwegian ⓘ
latitude	approximately 69.4° N ⓘ
locatedAtMouthOf	Skibotn self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Skibotnelva
locatedIn	Northern Norway ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity	Storfjord Municipality NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInCounty	Troms og Finnmark ⓘ
locatedOnWaterbody	Lyngen fjord NERFINISHED ⓘ
longitude	approximately 20.3° E ⓘ
partOf	Storfjord NERFINISHED ⓘ Troms region NERFINISHED ⓘ
postalCode	9143 Skibotn ⓘ
region	Sápmi ⓘ
roadConnection	European route E6 ⓘ European route E8 ⓘ
timeZone	Central European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST	Central European Summer Time ⓘ
usedFor	aurora research ⓘ optical astronomy ⓘ radio astronomy ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Troms → containsTown → Skibotn ⓘ

Skibotn → locatedAtMouthOf → Skibotn self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Skibotnelva

European route E8 → passesThrough → Skibotn ⓘ