Tjøtta
Tjøtta is an island in Alstahaug Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The 11.3-square-kilometre island lies at the entrance to the Vefsnfjorden, just south of the island of Alsta.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island in the municipality of Alstahaug in Nordland county, Norway
- Also known as: “Tjotta” and “Tjötta”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tjøtta Church and Tjøtta International War Cemetery.
Tjøtta Church
Church
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Tjøtta Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Alstahaug Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Tjøtta on the island of Tjøtta.
Tjøtta International War Cemetery
Cemetery
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Tjøtta International War Cemetery is a war cemetery on Tjøtta, Northern Norway, founded in 1970. The sinking of the Rigel claimed some 2,500 lives on 27 November 1944. Tjøtta International War Cemetery is situated 3 km west of Tjøtta.
Tjøtta
- Category: landform
- Location: Alstahaug Municipality, Nordland, Northern Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Tjøtta” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Tjøtta (pulo)”
- Cebuano: “Tjøtta”
- Danish: “Tjøtta”
- Finnish: “Tjøtta”
- French: “Tjøtta (île)”
- French: “Tjøtta”
- German: “Tjøtta”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tjøtta”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tjøtta”
- Norwegian: “Tjøtta”
- Swedish: “Tjøtta”
- Turkish: “Tjøtta”
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