Sortlandssundet

Sortlandsundet or Sortlandssundet (English: Sortland Sound[1][2]) is a strait or sound in Sortland Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It separates the islands of Langøya and Hinnøya and it connects the Hadselfjorden in the south and the Gavlfjorden in the north. The Sortland Bridge is the only bridge that crosses the 30-kilometre (19 mi) long strait.[3]

Sortlandsundet
Sortlandssundet
View of the fjord
Sortlandssundet is located in Nordland
Sortlandssundet
Sortlandssundet
Location of the fjord
Sortlandssundet is located in Norway
Sortlandssundet
Sortlandssundet
Sortlandssundet (Norway)
LocationNordland county, Norway
Coordinates68.8047°N 15.4172°E / 68.8047; 15.4172
TypeStrait
Primary inflowsGavlfjorden
Primary outflowsHadselfjorden
Basin countriesNorway
Max. length30 kilometres (19 mi)
SettlementsSortland

References

  1. Cohen, Saul Bernard. 2008. The Columbia Gazetteer of the World: P to Z. New York: Columbia University Press, p. 3641.
  2. Norges Geologiske Undersøkelse no. 212. 1983. Trondheim: Norges Geologiske Undersokelse, p. 6.
  3. Store norske leksikon. "Sortlandssundet" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2012-07-30.


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