Northern Norway
Nordland
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Saltstraumen

Saltstraumen or Stuorstrávve is a small strait with one of the strongest tidal currents in the world. It is located in in county, .
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Photo: Drguttorm, BSD.
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: Norwegian sea strait with one of the strongest tidal currents in the world
  • Also known as: “Straumen”, “Straumen i Bodin”, “Strom”, and “Strommen”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Saltstraumen Church.

Church
Photo: voll, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a of the Church of Norway in in county, . It is located in the village of Saltstraumen. is situated 680 metres east of Saltstraumen.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saltstraumen.

Village
Photo: Sergei Gussev, CC BY 2.0.
is a village.

Saltstraumen

Latitude
67.23214° or 67° 13′ 56″ north
Longitude
14.61005° or 14° 36′ 36″ east
Elevation
31 metres (102 feet)
Open location code
9FVP6JJ6+V2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 925351629
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
3135727
Wiki­data ID
Q1479760
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Satellite Map

Discover Saltstraumen from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Vietnamese—“Saltstraumen” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Saltstraumen”
  • Cebuano: “Saltstraumen”
  • Chinese: “紹特斯特勞門”
  • Chinese: “萨尔特流”
  • Chinese: “薩爾特流”
  • Czech: “Saltstraumen”
  • Danish: “Saltstraumen”
  • Dutch: “Saltstraumen”
  • Finnish: “Saltstraumen”
  • French: “Saltstraumen”
  • German: “Saltfjord”
  • German: “Saltstraumen”
  • Hungarian: “Saltstraumen”
  • Indonesian: “Saltstraumen”
  • Javanese: “Saltstraumen”
  • Latvian: “Saltstraumen”
  • Latvian: “Saltstraumena”
  • Lule Sami: “Stuorstrávve”
  • Malay: “Saltstraumen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Saltenfjorden”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Saltfjorden”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Saltstraumen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Saltstraumen”
  • Norwegian: “Saltstraumen”
  • Polish: “Saltstraumen”
  • Romanian: “Saltstraumen”
  • Russian: “Сальстраумен”
  • Russian: “Сальтстрёумен”
  • Slovenian: “Saltstraumen”
  • Spanish: “Saltstraumen”
  • Swedish: “Saltstraumen”
  • Swedish: “Saltströmmen”
  • Ukrainian: “Салстреумен”
  • Ukrainian: “Сальстреумен”
  • Vietnamese: “Saltstraumen”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Saltstraumen”. Photo: Drguttorm, BSD.