Alsta
Alsta is an island in Alstahaug Municipality and Leirfjord Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The island is surrounded by the Vefsnfjorden to the east, the Leirfjorden to the north, and the Alstenfjorden to the south and west.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island in Nordland, Norway
- Also known as: “Alstein”, “Alsten”, and “Alstenøy”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sandnessjøen.
Sandnessjøen
Town
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sandnessjøen is a town and the administrative centre of Alstahaug Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. Sandnessjøen was granted special trading privileges in the late 1600s, but it did not receive town status until 1999. Sandnessjøen is situated 8 km north of Alsta.
Alsta
- Category: landform
- Location: Alstahaug Municipality, Nordland, Northern Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
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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: “Alsta”
- Danish: “Alsten”
- Dutch: “Alsta”
- Dutch: “Alstein”
- Dutch: “Alsten”
- Finnish: “Alsten”
- French: “Alsten”
- Galician: “Alsten”
- Hebrew: “אלסטה”
- Italian: “Alsta”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Alsta”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Alstenøya”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Alsta”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Alsten”
- Norwegian: “Alsta”
- Persian: “آلستن”
- Russian: “Алста”
- Russian: “Алстен”
- Russian: “Альстен”
- Spanish: “Alsten”
- Swedish: “Alsten”
- Tatar: “Альстен”
- Turkish: “Alsta”
- Ukrainian: “Альстен”
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