Seiland
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Key facts
- Islands.location
- Finnmark, Norway
- Islands.area_km2
- 583
- Islands.elevation_m
- 1078
- Islands.highest_mount
- Seilandstuva
- Islands.country
- Norway
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title
- County
- Islands.country_admin_divisions
- Finnmark
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_1
- Municipalities
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_1
- Alta and Hammerfest
- Islands.population
- 147
- Islands.population_as_of
- 2013
- Islands.density_km2
- 0.3
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or is a substantial island off Norway's northern coast, covering about . It is the eighth largest island in Norway proper, located in Finnmark county. It sits within the Caledonian orogenic zone, a mountain‑building belt formed during the Paleozoic. The southern and western parts of the island consist mainly of gabbroic rocks, marking the northeastern end of a basic petrographic province that extends more than 100 km to the southwest. The island is divided between the Alta and Hammerfest municipalities.