Stangnes is part of the city of Harstad

Harstad

is the second largest city and municipality by population, in Troms county, Norway – the city is also the third largest in North Norway. Thus Harstad is the natural centre for its district. Situated approximately north of the Arctic Circle, the city celebrated its 100th anniversary in...

 in Troms

Troms

or Romsa is a county in North Norway, bordering Finnmark to the northeast and Nordland in the southwest. To the south is Norrbotten Län in Sweden and further southeast is a shorter border with Lapland Province in Finland. To the west is the Norwegian Sea...

 county, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. It is located south-east of the city center, bordered by Gangsåstoppen and Åsby to the west, Kanebogen

Kanebogen

Kanebogen is a part of the city of Harstad in Troms county, Norway. It is located about south of the city center – south of Gangsås, southwest of Stangnes, north of Medkila and southeast of Grønnebakkan....

 to the south-west and the fjord Vågsfjorden to the north and east. Many people live in the area, where the kindergarten Stangneslia barnehage, the primary school Stangnes barneskole and the high school Stangnes videregående skole are located.

The south-eastern part of Stangnes is a large industrial area, Stangnesbasen, which was built in the 1980s to provide for those involved in the oil industry in the Barents Sea

Barents Sea

The Barents Sea is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean, located north of Norway and Russia. Known in the Middle Ages as the Murman Sea, the sea takes its current name from the Dutch navigator Willem Barents...

. The headland Stangnesodden to the north-east contains a former military base.