Kåfjorden
Kåfjorden or Njoammelgohppi is a fjord in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The 8-kilometre long fjord branches off the main Altafjorden. The village of Kåfjord and the Kåfjord Church both lie along the northern coast of the fjord.Photo: Caroline Maybach, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Ben Bender, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Fjord
- Description: fjord in Alta, Norway
- Also known as: “Kaa Fjord”, “Kaafjorden”, “Kåfjord”, and “Kafjorden”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kåfjord Church and Tirpitz Museum.
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.
Tirpitz Museum
Museum
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Tirpitz Museum is a war museum that is located in the village of Kåfjord in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway.
Mølleelva power station
Industrial building
Photo: PeltonMan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mølleelva power station is an industrial building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kvenvik.
Kvenvik
Village
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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. Kvenvik is situated 2½ km east of Kåfjorden.
Kåfjorden
- Categories: fjord and body of water
- Location: Alta, Finnmark, Northern Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Kåfjorden” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Kåfjorden (fyord sa Noruwega, Finnmark Fylke, Alta)”
- Cebuano: “Kåfjorden”
- Chinese: “科菲尤爾”
- Chinese: “科菲峡湾”
- Croatian: “Kåfjorden (Alta)”
- Croatian: “Kåfjorden”
- Danish: “Kåfjorden”
- Dutch: “Kåfjord”
- Estonian: “Kåfjord”
- French: “Kåfjord”
- German: “Kåfjord”
- Italian: “Kåfjorden (Alta)”
- Italian: “Kåfjorden”
- Japanese: “コーフィヨルド”
- Northern Sami: “Gávvuonna”
- Northern Sami: “Gávvuotna”
- Northern Sami: “Kaavuono”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kåfjord”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kåfjorden”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kåfjorden i Alta”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kåfjorden”
- Norwegian: “Kåfjorden”
- Portuguese: “Fiorde de Kå”
- Russian: “Ко-фьорд”
- Swedish: “Kåfjorden”
- Ukrainian: “Каафіорд”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Gabrielneset and Kirkhusbukta.
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