Tjeldsundet
Sign in to saveTjeldsundet (Norwegian; ) is a strait in Northern Norway. The long strait is located between the island of Hinnøya and mainland Norway in its northern part and between Hinnøya and the island of Tjeldøya in its southern part. Tjeldsundet has been an important waterway for more than 1,000 years and was well known and used during the Viking Age.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Tjeldsundet is referenced by 31 other articles, and connects out to Norway, Norwegian and geographic coordinate system.
The entry is geolocated on the map in waterbody, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Harstad Municipality, Landforms of Nordland and Landforms of Troms.
Its subject is documented across 10 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Body of water.name
- Tjeldsundet
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- Tjeldsundet.jpg
- Body of water.caption
- View of part of Tjeldsundet seen from Sætertind looking south
- Body of water.location
- Troms and Nordland, Norway
- Body of water.mapframe
- yes
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- 8
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- Interactive map of the fjord
- Body of water.basin_countries
- Norway
- Body of water.type
- Fjord
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- channel
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Harstad Municipality
- Image
- Tjeldsundet-2.jpg
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Tjeldsundet (Norwegian; ) is a strait in Northern Norway. The long strait is located between the island of Hinnøya and mainland Norway in its northern part and between Hinnøya and the island of Tjeldøya in its southern part. Tjeldsundet has been an important waterway for more than 1,000 years and was well known and used during the Viking Age.
The northern part is in Troms county between Harstad Municipality and Tjeldsund Municipality, while the southern part forms the border between Troms and Nordland counties between Tjeldsund Municipality and Lødingen Municipality. The southern entrance to the strait begins at the Ofotfjorden at the village of Lødingen and the town of Harstad is located at the northern entrance of the strait where it empties into the Vågsfjorden.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tjeldsundet” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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