Kvenvik
Kvenvik, Šuovošluovta, or Suislahti is a village in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in an inlet on the inner part of the Altafjorden, about 10 kilometres from the town of Alta.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: village in Alta, Norway
- Also known as: “Šuovošluovta”
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Rock Art of Alta and Tirpitz Museum.
The Rock Art of Alta
Photo: Karl Brodowsky, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Rock art of Alta are located in and around Alta Municipality in Finnmark county in northern Norway. Since the first carvings were discovered in 1973, more than 6,000 carvings have been found on several sites around Alta. The Rock Art of Alta is situated 4 km northeast of Kvenvik.
Tirpitz Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tirpitz Museum is a war museum that is located in the village of Kåfjord in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. Tirpitz Museum is situated 3½ km west of Kvenvik.
Kåfjord Church
Church
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Kåfjord Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Kåfjord. It is an annex church for the Alta parish which is part of the Alta prosti in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. Kåfjord Church is situated 3 km west of Kvenvik.
Kvenvik
- Categories: human settlement, geographic location, and locality
- Location: Alta, Finnmark, Northern Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
69.92693° or 69° 55′ 37″ northLongitude
23.10179° or 23° 6′ 7″ eastElevation
40 metres (131 feet)Open location code
9GX5W4G2+QPOpenStreetMap ID
node 1362833767OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Swedish—“Kvenvik” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Kvenvik”
- Dutch: “Kvenvik”
- French: “Kvenvik”
- German: “Kvenvik”
- Irish: “Kvenvik”
- Javanese: “Kvenvik”
- Kven Finnish: “Suislahti”
- Malay: “Kvenvik”
- Northern Sami: “Šuovošluovta”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Covošluovta”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kvenvik”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Šuovošluovta”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kvenvik”
- Norwegian: “Kvænvika”
- Norwegian: “Kvenvik”
- Romanian: “Kvenvik”
- Swedish: “Kvenvik”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Vestre Kvenvik and Østre Kvenvik.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Rasteplass Kvenvik and Kvenvik grendehus.
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