Salangen (fjord)

Salangen
The Salangen (center); in front of Mjøsund with the Mjøsund Bridge
Connects waters	Astafjord
with water	Sagfjord , Mjøsund
Separates land mass	Løkse (mainland Norway)
of land mass	Høgfjell (mainland Norway)
Data
Geographical location	68 ° 54 '0 "  N , 17 ° 34' 30"  E Coordinates: 68 ° 54 '0 "  N , 17 ° 34' 30"  E
length	8 kilometers
Smallest width	3.5 km
Islands	Forøya

The Salangen ( Northern Sami : Siellakvuotna ) is about 8 km long and 3.2 km wide at its narrowest point Straits in the Norwegian Fylke (Province) Troms og Finnmark . It lies, with its foothills Løksefjord and Sagfjord , in the municipality of Salangen named after him .

geography

The Salangen is a Sund and runs from the end of the Northeast Astafjords in the West where the Mjøsund under the Mjøsundbrücke through branches to the north, to the east-northeast. It ends nominally north of the small island Forøya, about 2.5 km southwest of the hamlet of Løksebotn; from there on the last, short section is called Løksefjord. There, too, the extension of the Salangen, the approximately 8 km long Sagfjord, turns to the southeast.

The Salangen lies between high mountain ranges : on the north bank the Løksetind rises up to 1237 m and in the south lies the 1235 m high Høgfjell.

Settlements and Transport

The steeply rising north bank is almost uninhabited, while on the south bank from Håkavik to Rotvika isolated houses and courtyards line the bank. Provincial road Fv 848 runs along the north bank from Løksebotn to the west and connects the two islands of Andørja and Rolla with the mainland road network via the Mjøsund Bridge and the Ibestadtunnel . Fv 152 runs along the south bank and connects the scattered settlements there and those on the south bank of the Sagfjord with Sjøvegan, the main and administrative center of the municipality of Salangen, at the southern end of the Sagfjord.

Footnotes

1. ↑ The Sagfjord in the back left

Web links

• Salangen - Fjord in the store norske leksikon