Alsta
Alsta is an island in Alstahaug Municipality and Leirfjord Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The island is surrounded by Vefsnfjorden to the east, Leirfjorden to the north, and Alstenfjorden to the south and west.
Photo: Mahlum, Public domain.- Type: Island
- Description: island in Nordland, Norway
- Also known as: “Alstein”, “Alstenøy”, and “Alstenøya”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sandnessjøen.
Sandnessjøen
Town
Alsta
- Category: landform
- Location: Alstahaug Municipality, Nordland, Northern Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
65.95° or 65° 57′ north
Longitude
12.6° or 12° 36′ east
Elevation
560 metres (1,837 feet)
Open location code
9FQJWHXX+XX
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“Alsta” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Alsta adası”
- Catalan: “Alsten”
- Cebuano: “Alsten”
- Chinese: “阿爾斯騰島”
- Danish: “Alsten”
- Dutch: “Alsten”
- Finnish: “Alsten”
- French: “Alsten”
- Galician: “Alsten”
- Hebrew: “אלסטה”
- Italian: “Alsta”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Alsta”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Alsta”
- Norwegian: “Alsta”
- Persian: “آلستن”
- Russian: “Алста”
- Russian: “Алстен”
- Spanish: “Alsten”
- Swedish: “Alsten”
- Tatar: “Альстен”
- Turkish: “Alsta”
- Ukrainian: “Альстен”
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