Aldra
Sign in to saveAldra is an island in Lurøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located just off the mainland coast, north of the village of Haugland and west of Brattland. The island is separated from the mainland by the Aldersundet strait. The islands of Stigen and Lurøya lie to the west. The village of Aldra lies on the southeastern side of the island.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Aldra
- Islands.image_name
- Aldra A.jpg
- Islands.image_caption
- Aldra seen from the mainland
- Islands.location
- Nordland, Norway
- Islands.mapframe zoom
- 8
- Islands.area_km2
- 24
- Islands.length_km
- 7
- Islands.width_km
- 5
- Islands.elevation_m
- 967
- Islands.highest_mount
- Hjarttinden
- Islands.country
- Norway
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title
- County
- Islands.country_admin_divisions
- Nordland
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_1
- Municipality
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_1
- Lurøy Municipality
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- Instance of
- island
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Lurøy Municipality
- Area
- 24
- Elevation
- 967
- Body of water
- Norwegian Sea
- Image
- Aldra A.jpg
- Width
- 5
- Length
- 7
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Aldra is an island in Lurøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located just off the mainland coast, north of the village of Haugland and west of Brattland. The island is separated from the mainland by the Aldersundet strait. The islands of Stigen and Lurøya lie to the west. The village of Aldra lies on the southeastern side of the island.
Aldra island is used as a VLF-transmission site. An antenna, spanning the fjord to Brattland, was used as part of the OMEGA Navigation System until 1997. That antenna was dismantled in 2002.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aldra” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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