Kvalsundet
Sign in to savethumb|right|200 px |Kvalsundet is crossed by the Kvalsund Bridge. Kvalsundet is a strait in Hammerfest Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The strait separates the island of Kvaløya from the mainland. The strait is crossed by Kvalsund Bridge, which connects Kvaløya to the mainland and is the world's northernmost suspension bridge. Norway's first power station based on tidal currents is located in the strait.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Kvalsundet is referenced by 6 other articles, and connects out to geographic coordinate system, tide and Finnmark.
The entry is geolocated on the map in waterbody_region, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony files it under Hammerfest Municipality, Kvalsund and Landforms of Finnmark.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
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thumb|right|200 px |Kvalsundet is crossed by the Kvalsund Bridge. Kvalsundet is a strait in Hammerfest Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The strait separates the island of Kvaløya from the mainland. The strait is crossed by Kvalsund Bridge, which connects Kvaløya to the mainland and is the world's northernmost suspension bridge. Norway's first power station based on tidal currents is located in the strait.
Still in the 1990's the strait was full of fish. Particularly the sei and cod were heavily fished in the strait and the waters around the Kvalöya with armadas of 80 - 100 trawlers coming into the sound every summer. This way the fish was practically wiped out from the strait in 20 years.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kvalsundet” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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