Rossfjordstraumen
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- Locality
- Rossfjordstraumen
- Region
- Troms
- Country
- Norge
- Population
- 0
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- human settlement
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Senja Municipality
- Elevation
- 0.5
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- Rossfjord.JPG
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or is a village in Senja Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It serves as a community center for the areas around the Rossfjorden and the lake Rossfjordvatnet. It is located about northeast of the town of Finnsnes, and about northeast of the village of Langnes. In 2009, the village area had 428 residents. Rossfjord Church is located in this village.
==History== On 28 March 1968, a Widerøe de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter seaplane crashed at Rossfjordstraumen. There were no fatalities, but the aircraft was written off.
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