Melkøya
Melkøya or Muolkkut is an island in Hammerfest Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The 0.69-square-kilometre island is connected to the town of Hammerfest by the 2,316 metres-long Melkøysund Tunnel, which was completed in 2003.
Wikimedia, Copyrighted free use.- Island
- …lies at an elevation of around 70 metres (230 feet)
- Description: island in Hammerfest, Norway
- Also known as“Melkøen”“Melkøy”“Mjelkøya”“Muolkkut”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hammerfest Airport.
Hammerfest Airport
Hammerfest Airport is a regional airport at Prærien… Hammerfest Airport is situated 3 km southeast of Melkøya.
Melkøya
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Latitude
70.68997° or 70° 41′ 24″ north
Longitude
23.59899° or 23° 35′ 56″ east
UN/LOCODE
NO MLK
Open location code
CG25MHQX+XH
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Melkøya” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Muolkot”
- Chinese: “牛奶岛”
- Czech: “Melkøya”
- Danish: “Melkøya”
- Dutch: “Melkøya”
- French: “Melkøya”
- German: “Melkøya”
- Northern Sami: “Muolkkut”
- Northern Sami: “Muolkot”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Melkøya”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Melkøya”
- Norwegian: “Melkøya”
- Spanish: “Melkøya”
- Swedish: “Melkøya”
- Turkish: “Melkøya”
- Ukrainian: “Мелькея”
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Localities in the Area
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