Tromsøya
Tromsøya or Romssasuolu is an island in Tromsø Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It lies in the Tromsøysundet strait between the mainland and the larger island of Kvaløya.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island in Tromsø, Troms, Norway
- Also known as: “Romssasuolu”, “Tromsö”, “Tromso Island”, and “Tromsøy”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tromsø Airport, Langnes and Prestvannet.
Tromsø Airport, Langnes
Aerodrome
Photo: Jeroen Komen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tromsø Airport is an international airport located at Langnes in the city of Tromsø in Tromsø Municipality, Troms county, Norway. Situated on the western shore of the island of Tromsøya, it features a 2,447-meter runway aligned 18/36.
Prestvannet
Reservoir
Photo: KEBman, Public domain.
Prestvannet or Báhpajávri is a small lake in Tromsø Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The lake sits at the highest point on the central part of the island of Tromsøya inside the city of Tromsø.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kvaløysletta and Tromsdalen.
Kvaløysletta
Village
Photo: MiraculixHB, Public domain.
Kvaløysletta is an urban neighborhood within the city of Tromsø which is part of Tromsø Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The neighborhood is located on the eastern shore of the island of Kvaløya, about 5 kilometres northwest of the city centre of Tromsø. Kvaløysletta is situated 3½ km northwest of Tromsøya.
Tromsdalen
Suburb
Photo: Frokor, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tromsdalen or Romssavággi is an urban neighborhood in the city of Tromsø which is in Tromsø Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is located just to the east of the city centre on the mainland along the coast of the Tromsøysundet strait. Tromsdalen is situated 3½ km southeast of Tromsøya.
Tromsøya
- Category: landform
- Location: Tromsø, Troms, Northern Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Tromsøya” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة ترومسويا”
- Armenian: “Թրոմսեա”
- Basque: “Tromsøya”
- Bulgarian: “Ромсасуолу”
- Catalan: “Tromsøya”
- Cebuano: “Romssasuolu”
- Chinese: “特罗姆瑟亚岛”
- Danish: “Tromsøya”
- Dutch: “Tromsøya”
- Estonian: “Tromsoya”
- Estonian: “Tromsöya”
- Estonian: “Tromsøya”
- Finnish: “Romssasuolu”
- Finnish: “Tromsøya”
- Finnish: “Tromssan saari”
- Finnish: “Tromssansaari”
- French: “Tromsøya”
- German: “Tromsøya”
- Hungarian: “Tromsøya”
- Italian: “Tromsøya”
- Japanese: “トロムセ島”
- Korean: “트롬쇠위아섬”
- Northern Sami: “Romssasuolu”
- Northern Sami: “Tromsøya”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tromsøya”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tromsøya”
- Norwegian: “Tromsøya”
- Polish: “Tromsøya”
- Portuguese: “Tromsøya”
- Romanian: “Tromsøya”
- Russian: “Тромсёя”
- Spanish: “Tromsøya”
- Swedish: “Romssasuolu”
- Swedish: “Tromsøya”
- Turkish: “Tromsøya”
- Ukrainian: “Тромсея”
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