or
is an island in western
Finnmark
Finnmark (; ; ; ; ) is a counties of Norway, county in northern Norway. By land, it borders Troms county to the west, Finland's Lapland (Finland), Lapland region to the south, and Russia's Murmansk Oblast to the east, and by water, the Norweg ...
county,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...
. The island sits at the mouth of the
Altafjorden
The Altafjord (; ; ) is a fjord in Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The long fjord stretches from the town of Alta in the south to the islands of Stjernøya and Seiland. The long river Altaelva empties into the fjord at the tow ...
on the south side of the
Sørøysundet strait. It is divided among the municipalities of
Loppa,
Hasvik, and
Alta.
The highest point on the island is the tall mountain Kjerringfjordfjellet. One of the larger fjords on the island is the
Sørfjorden. There were 80 residents on the mountainous island in 2012. The main population area is at the village of
Store Kvalfjord on the northeastern side of the island. The island is separated from the mainland by the strait of
Stjernsundet.
On the southern part of the island there is a large
nepheline syenite
Nepheline syenite is a holocrystalline Intrusion, plutonic rock that consists largely of nepheline and alkali feldspar. The rocks are mostly pale colored, grey or pink, and in general appearance they are not unlike granites, but dark green varie ...
mine at ''Lillebukt''.
See also
*
List of islands of Norway
This is a list of islands of Norway sorted by name. For a list sorted by area, see List of islands of Norway by area.
A
* Alden
* Aldra
* Algrøy
* Alsta
* Altra
* Anda
* Andabeløya
* Andørja
* Andøya, Vesterålen
* Andøya, Agder ...
References
Hasvik
Loppa
Alta, Norway
Islands of Finnmark
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