or is a
fishing village
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in
Tromsø Municipality
Tromsø Municipality is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Tromsø (city), city of Tromsø. Other notable settlements in the municipality include the vi ...
in
Troms
Troms (; ; ; ) is a Counties of Norway, county in northern Norway. It borders Finnmark county to the northeast and Nordland county in the southwest. Norrbotten Län in Sweden is located to the south and further southeast is a shorter border with ...
county,
Norway
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, about northeast of the
city of Tromsø. It is located in a deep valley where the river
Oldervikelva discharges into the
Ullsfjorden
or is a fjord in Troms county, Norway. The fjord runs through the municipalities of Tromsø, Karlsøy, and Lyngen. The fjord flows from the village of Sjøvassbotn northwards along the west side of the Lyngen Peninsula (where the famous L ...
, between two mountains that are both about in elevation. The
Grøtsundet
or is a strait between Tromsø Municipality and Karlsøy Municipality in Troms county, Norway
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strait leading to the city of Tromsø joins the Ullsfjorden, just north of the village. The population of Oldervik (2001) is 131 people.
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Villages in Troms
Tromsø
Populated places of Arctic Norway