Stad (peninsula)

The Stadlandet, also Urban land ( is -et the Norwegian article in the neuter ), and short city, shop or city, is a peninsula between the bays Sildegap ( et ) in the west and Vanylvsfjord (s ) in the east and is one of the Norwegian municipality Selje. The area around Stadlandet is known as one of the areas with the most severe weather along the Norwegian coast. The sea at Stad ( Stadhavet ) is a fairway with challenging wave conditions at 90 to 110 days a year. Cause are intersecting waves.

Due to the weather conditions include the construction of a ship's tunnel, the " Stad Skip tunnel " in planning.

The peninsula makes the northwestern part of the province (county ) Sogn og Fjordane from. The outer rocks on city called Kjerringa and was also called " Westkapp ". The name was used from the 1980s to attract tourists. The Stadlandet Iceland is the closest point on the European mainland. The westernmost point in Norway, however, is Vardetangen in the community Austrheim.

History

In the area are many remnants German buildings from the Second World War. The fortifications were built mainly of prisoners from Eastern Europe.

South of Kjerringa is the place Ervik. Far from the village, the Hurtigruten passenger ship Sanct Svithun was sunk by British bombers on September 30, 1943. The residents tried some with simple boats to rescue survivors. The ship's bell of Sanct Svithun hangs today in the chapel of Ervik.