Country Norway County Finnmark Elevation 22 m (72 ft) Municipality Sør-Varanger | Region Northern Norway District Øst-Finnmark Time zone CET (UTC+01:00) | |
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Storskog kirkenes
Storskog is a border crossing station on the Norwegian side of the Norway-Russia border, along the European route E105 highway. The crossing is located in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county on the Norway side of the border.
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The Russian side is in Boris Gleb in Pechengsky District in Murmansk Oblast. There is a border crossing station on the Russian side also, and both have to be passed to enter the opposite country.
Storskog is the only legal land border crossing between Norway and Russia. The station lies in the far northeastern part of Norway, about 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) east of the town of Kirkenes in Norway and about 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of Nikel.
In 2013, 320.000 (in 2010, 141,000) crossings were made across the border at the Storskog border station.
Storskog ready for traffic increase
