Sandtorg
Sandtorg is a village in Harstad Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is located on the eastern shore of the large island of Hinnøya, on the shore of the Tjeldsundet.Photo: Sealie, Public domain.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Harstad, Norway
- Also known as: “Sandtorv”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fjelldal Chapel and Skånland Church.
Fjelldal Chapel
Church
Fjelldal Chapel is a chapel of the Church of Norway in Tjeldsund Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is located in the village of Fjelldal. It is an annex chapel in the Tjeldsund parish which is part of the Trondenes prosti in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland.
Skånland Church
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Skånland Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Tjeldsund Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is located in the village of Evenskjer. Skånland Church is situated 3½ km northeast of Sandtorg.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gausvik.
Gausvik
Village
Photo: Kindrob, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gausvika or Gausvik is a village in Harstad Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is in the northeastern part of the large island of Hinnøya, along the Tjeldsundet Strait, about 25 kilometres south of the town of Harstad. Gausvik is situated 5 km north of Sandtorg.
Sandtorg
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Harstad, Troms, Northern Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
68.56554° or 68° 33′ 56″ northLongitude
16.50721° or 16° 30′ 26″ eastOpen location code
9FWRHG84+6VOpenStreetMap ID
node 6203030868OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
3140235Wikidata ID
Q1769379
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Sandtorg” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Sandtorg”
- Danish: “Sandtorg”
- Dutch: “Sandtorg”
- French: “Sandtorg”
- Irish: “Sandtorg”
- Malay: “Sandtorg”
- Northern Sami: “Hoalbma”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sandtorg”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sandtorg”
- Norwegian: “Sandtorg”
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