Saltstraumen
Saltstraumen or Stuorstrávve is a small strait with one of the strongest tidal currents in the world. It is located in Bodø Municipality in Nordland county, Norway.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: Norwegian sea strait with one of the strongest tidal currents in the world
- Also known as: “milo es el mejor”, “Straumen”, “Straumen i Bodin”, “Strom”, and “Strommen”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Saltstraumen Church.
Saltstraumen Church
Church
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saltstraumen.
Saltstraumen
- Categories: maelstrom, strait, and tourism
- Location: Bodø, Nordland, Northern Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
67.23214° or 67° 13′ 56″ north
Longitude
14.61005° or 14° 36′ 36″ east
Elevation
31 metres (102 feet)
Wheelchair access
yes
Open location code
9FVP6JJ6+V2
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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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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