Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Finnmark#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Label: | Akkarfjord |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Northern Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Finnmark |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Vest-Finnmark |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Hammerfest Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 9650 Akkarfjord |
Coordinates: | 70.6122°N 23.6499°W |
Elevation M: | 12 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
or [2] is a small fishing village in Hammerfest Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The village is located on the northeastern coast of the island of Sørøya, about to the northwest of the town of Hammerfest. As of 2016, about 70 people live in Akkarfjord and they have a post office, grocery shop, school, and kindergarten. The village is only accessible by boat from Hammerfest.[3]