Hestholmen
Hestholmen is an islet in Alstahaug Municipality, Nordland. Hestholmen is situated nearby to the locality Haugsneset, as well as near the village Tjøtta.Places of Interest
Highlights include Tjøtta International War Cemetery and Tjøtta Russian War Cemetery.
Tjøtta International War Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Krg, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tjøtta International War Cemetery is a war cemetery on Tjøtta, Northern Norway, founded in 1970. The sinking of the Rigel claimed some 2,500 lives on 27 November 1944.
Tjøtta Russian War Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Uspn, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tjøtta Russian War Cemetery on Tjøtta has more than 7,500 war graves, mostly Russians who were taken prisoners by Nazi Germany. The Soviet prisoners of war who died in North Norway during World War II were buried in ordinary church cemeteries or near the prison camps.
Hestholmen
- Type: Islet
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Alstahaug Municipality, Nordland, Northern Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
65.85062° or 65° 51′ 2″ northLongitude
12.35159° or 12° 21′ 6″ eastOpen location code
9FQJV922+6JOpenStreetMap ID
way 440234811OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Hestholmen” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Hestholmen”
- Norwegian: “Hestholmen”
- Turkish: “Hestholmen”
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