Kjerkbakken
Kjerkbakken is a hill in Alstahaug Municipality, Nordland and has an elevation of 25 metres. Kjerkbakken is situated nearby to the village Tjøtta, as well as near the locality Mindtangen.Places of Interest
Highlights include Tjøtta Church and Tjøtta International War Cemetery.
Tjøtta Church
Church
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Tjøtta Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Alstahaug Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Tjøtta on the island of Tjøtta.
Tjøtta International War Cemetery
Cemetery
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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
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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.
Kjerkbakken
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 25 metres
- Category: landform
- Location: Alstahaug Municipality, Nordland, Northern Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Norwegian—“Kjerkbakken” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Kjerkbakken”
- Dutch: “Kjerkbakken”
- Norwegian: “Kjerkbakken”
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