Saltstraumen

Saltstraumen is a village in , and has about 387 residents. Saltstraumen is situated nearby to the hamlet , as well as near the quarter .
Photo: Sergei Gussev, CC BY 2.0.
  • Type: Village with 387 residents
  • Description: settlement in Bodø municipality, Norway
  • Also known as: “Saltstraumen - Stuorstrávve - Stuorrastrávve”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Saltstraumen Church and Saltstraumen.

Church
Photo: voll, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a parish church of the Church of Norway in in county, . It is located in the village of .

Photo: Drguttorm, BSD.
or Stuorstrávve is a small strait with one of the strongest tidal currents in the world. It is located in in county, .

Saltstraumen

Latitude
67.2339° or 67° 14′ 2″ north
Longitude
14.62573° or 14° 37′ 33″ east
Population
387
Open location code
9FVP6JMG+H7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 10157369488
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Wiki­data ID
Q3470260
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Danish to Swedish—“Saltstraumen” goes by many names.
  • Danish: “Saltstraumen”
  • Dutch: “Saltstraumen”
  • French: “Saltstraumen”
  • Irish: “Saltstraumen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Knaplund”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Saltstraumen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Saltstraumen”
  • Norwegian: “Saltstraumen”
  • Romanian: “Saltstraumen”
  • Swedish: “Saltstraumen”

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