Gisundet
Sign in to saveGisundet is a strait in Senja Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The long strait separates the island of Senja from the mainland. The strait flows into the Malangen fjord in the north and into the Finnfjorden (and later the Solbergfjorden) in the south. The strait is crossed by the Gisund Bridge which connects the village of Silsand on the island to the town of Finnsnes on the mainland.
Key facts
- Body of water.name
- Gisundet
- Body of water.image
- Gisundbrua.jpg
- Body of water.caption
- View of the bridge crossing the strait
- Body of water.location
- Troms county, Norway
- Body of water.mapframe
- yes
- Body of water.mapframe zoom
- 8
- Body of water.mapframe caption
- Interactive map of the fjord
- Body of water.basin_countries
- Norway
- Body of water.type
- Strait
- Body of water.cities
- Finnsnes
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- channel
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Senja Municipality
- Image
- Gisundbrua.jpg
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- Gisundet
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Encyclopedic overview
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Gisundet is a strait in Senja Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The long strait separates the island of Senja from the mainland. The strait flows into the Malangen fjord in the north and into the Finnfjorden (and later the Solbergfjorden) in the south. The strait is crossed by the Gisund Bridge which connects the village of Silsand on the island to the town of Finnsnes on the mainland.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gisundet” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations