Kirkenes is a town situated in Sør-Varanger Municipality within Finnmark county, located in the far northeastern part of Norway. It rests on a peninsula along the Bøkfjorden, an arm of the Varangerfjorden, near the border with Russia. The settlement lies just east of the 30th meridian east, placing it further east than Istanbul and Saint Petersburg, and marks the northern terminus of the European route E6 highway.