Sandsøya
Sandsøya or Sáhtiidsuolu is an island in Harstad Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The 10.8-square-kilometre island lies east of the island of Grytøya and southeast of the island of Bjarkøya.Photo: Manxruler, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Hamlet with 107 residents
- Description: island in Harstad, Norway
- Also known as: “Sand”, “Sandöy”, “Sandsö”, “Sandsøy i Senja”, and “Sandsøya, Troms”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sandsøy Church.
Sandsøy Church
Church
Photo: Manxruler, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sandsøy Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Harstad Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sandsøy on the island of Sandsøya.
Sandsøya
- Categories: island and locality
- Location: Harstad, Troms, Northern Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
68.9506° or 68° 57′ 2″ northLongitude
16.66059° or 16° 39′ 38″ eastPopulation
107Elevation
40 metres (131 feet)Open location code
9FWRXM26+66OpenStreetMap ID
node 9867387622OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
3140253Wikidata ID
Q1779939
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Sandsøya” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sandsøya (pulo sa Noruwega, Troms Fylke)”
- Cebuano: “Sandsøya”
- Danish: “Sandsøya”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ساندسويا”
- French: “Sandsoy”
- French: “Sandsøy”
- French: “Sandsøya”
- German: “Sandsøya”
- Malay: “Sandsøya, Troms”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sandsøya i Troms”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sandsøya”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sandsøy i Bjarkøy”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sandsøya i Bjarkøy”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sandsøya i Harstad”
- Norwegian: “Sandsøya”
- Turkish: “Sandsøya”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sandsøy branndepot and Sandsholmen.
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