Aglapsvik
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Aglapsvik is a small isolated coastal village along the Malangen
fjord
in the municipality of Lenvik
in Troms
county in Northern Norway. It is located 35 km (21.7 mi) north of Finnsnes
. The area is mostly hilly and forested and there is one small road (Fylkesveg 263) passing through. There are about 50 residents and the main language is Norwegian Bokmål. The postal code for the area is "9300 Finnsnes". The name of the village comes from the nearby mountain Aglapen.
Malangen
Malangen is a fjord and a former municipality in Troms county in Norway. The fjord is located between the islands of Kvaløya and Senja and the area today is divided between the municipalities of Balsfjord, Lenvik, Tromsø, and Målselv...
fjord
Fjord
Geologically, a fjord is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created in a valley carved by glacial activity.-Formation:A fjord is formed when a glacier cuts a U-shaped valley by abrasion of the surrounding bedrock. Glacial melting is accompanied by rebound of Earth's crust as the ice...
in the municipality of Lenvik
Lenvik
Lenvik is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. The municipality is partly situated on the mainland, partly on the island of Senja. The administrative center is the town of Finnsnes, where the Gisund Bridge connects Senja to the mainland by road. Other settlements include Aglapsvik, Gibostad,...
in Troms
Troms
or Romsa is a county in North Norway, bordering Finnmark to the northeast and Nordland in the southwest. To the south is Norrbotten Län in Sweden and further southeast is a shorter border with Lapland Province in Finland. To the west is the Norwegian Sea...
county in Northern Norway. It is located 35 km (21.7 mi) north of Finnsnes
Finnsnes
is a small town located in the municipality of Lenvik on the mainland near the island of Senja, in Troms county, Norway. The population is 4,185. The municipality is well provided with kindergartens and a decentralized school system on both primary and secondary level...
. The area is mostly hilly and forested and there is one small road (Fylkesveg 263) passing through. There are about 50 residents and the main language is Norwegian Bokmål. The postal code for the area is "9300 Finnsnes". The name of the village comes from the nearby mountain Aglapen.