Aldra is an island in the municipality of
Lurøy
Lurøy is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Lurøy, located on the island of Lurøya. Other villages in Lurøy include Aldra ...
in
Nordland county,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...
. It is located just off the mainland coast, north of the village of
Haugland and west of Brattland. The island is separated from the mainland by the
Aldersundet. The islands of
Stigen and
Lurøya lie to the west. The village of Aldra lies on the southeastern side of the island.
Aldra island is used as a
VLF
Very low frequency or VLF is the ITU designation for radio frequencies (RF) in the range of 3–30 kHz, corresponding to wavelengths from 100 to 10 km, respectively. The band is also known as the myriameter band or myriameter wave a ...
-transmission site. An antenna, spanning the fjord to Brattland, was used as part of the
OMEGA Navigation System
OMEGA was the first global-range radio navigation system, operated by the United States in cooperation with six partner nations. It was a hyperbolic navigation system, enabling ships and aircraft to determine their position by receiving very low ...
until 1997. That antenna was dismantled in 2002.
References
External links
Map of Aldra
Lurøy
Islands of Nordland
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