Strømmen
Strømmen is a sound in Finnmark, Northern Norway. Strømmen is situated nearby to the locality Sandnes, as well as near the village Hesseng.- Type: Sound
- Description: sound in Langfjorden, Sør-Varanger municipality, Norway
- Also known as: “Rivdnji”, “Storstraumen”, “Storstrømmen”, “Straumen”, “Strommen”, “Uhcavuonrivdnji”, and “Virta”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hesseng and Bjørnevatn.
Hesseng
Village
Hesseng is a village in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The village lies about 5 kilometres south of the town of Kirkenes. The village of Hesseng lies at the intersection of the European route E105 and European route E6 highways. Hesseng is situated 3 km southeast of Strømmen.
Bjørnevatn
Village
Bjørnevatn, Kuõbǯǯjäuʹrr, Guovžajávri, or Kruuvakylä is a village in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The village lies about 8 kilometres south of the town of Kirkenes and about 3.8 kilometres west of the Norway-Russia border. Bjørnevatn is situated 4½ km southeast of Strømmen.
Kirkenes
Kirkenes is a town in the Finnmark region of Norway, far east near the Russian border, more or less in the end of mainland Norway. This is the last port for Hurtigruten and the end of Norway's main road E6, 2,500 km from Oslo and 3,120 km from Trelleborg.
Strømmen
- Categories: sound, maelstrom, and body of water
- Location: Finnmark, Northern Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
69.69893° or 69° 41′ 56″ northLongitude
29.92279° or 29° 55′ 22″ eastElevation
80 metres (262 feet)Open location code
9GXFMWXF+H4GeoNames ID
13285873Wikidata ID
Q101132914
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Satellite Map
Discover Strømmen from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Kven Finnish to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Strømmen” goes by many names.
- Kven Finnish: “Virta”
- Northern Sami: “Rivdnji”
- Northern Sami: “Uhcavuonrivdnji”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Storstraumen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Storstrømmen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Straumen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Strømmen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Storstrømmen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Strømmen”
- Norwegian: “Storstraumen” (historical)
- Norwegian: “Storstrømmen”
- Norwegian: “Straumen” (historical)
- Norwegian: “Strømmen”
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