Vadsøya
Vadsøya is an island in Vadsø Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The island lies in the Varangerfjorden, just south of the coast of the mainland Varanger Peninsula.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island in Vadsø, Norway
- Also known as: “Store Vadsøya”, “Vassoya”, and “Vassøya”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Vadsø Church and Vadsø Airport.
Vadsø Church
Church
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Vadsø Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Vadsø Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the town of Vadsø. It is the main church for the Vadsø parish which is part of the Varanger prosti in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland.
Vadsø Airport
Aerodrome
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Vadsø Airport is a regional airport in Vadsø Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The airport is located in the village of Kiby, 4 kilometers east of the town of Vadsø along the Varangerfjorden. Vadsø Airport is situated 4 km east of Vadsøya.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vadsø.
Vadsø
Town
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Vadsø, Čáhcesuolu, or Vesisaari is a town in Vadsø Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The town is the administrative centre of both Vadsø Municipality and Finnmark county, and is the second-largest town in East Finnmark.
Vadsøya
- Category: landform
- Location: Vadsø, Finnmark, Northern Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Vadsøya” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Vassøya (pulo sa Noruwega, Finnmark Fylke)”
- Cebuano: “Vassøya”
- Dutch: “Vadsøya”
- French: “Vadsøya”
- German: “Vadsøya”
- Northern Sami: “Vadsøya”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vadsøya”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vadsøya”
- Norwegian: “Vadsøya”
- Norwegian: “Vassøya”
- Polish: “Vadsøya”
- Swedish: “Vadsøya”
- Turkish: “Vadsøya”
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