Rossfjordstraumen
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Rossfjordstraumen is a village in the municipality of Lenvik
in Troms
county, Norway
. It serves as a community center for the areas around the Rossfjord and the lake, Rossfjordvatnet. It is located about 20 km (12.4 mi) northeast of Finnsnes
, and about 7 km (4.3 mi) northeast of the village of Langnes. In 2009, the village area had 428 residents.
de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter
seaplane crashed at Rossfjordstraumen. There were no fatalities, but the aircraft was written off.
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, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. It serves as a community center for the areas around the Rossfjord and the lake, Rossfjordvatnet. It is located about 20 km (12.4 mi) northeast 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...
, and about 7 km (4.3 mi) northeast of the village of Langnes. In 2009, the village area had 428 residents.
History
On 28 March 1968, a WiderøeWiderøe
Widerøe's Flyveselskap AS, trading as Widerøe, is a regional airline in Norway and part of the SAS Group. It operates a fleet of 34 Bombardier Dash 8 aircraft , serving 41 domestic and 6 international destinations...
de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter
De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter
The de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter is a single-engined, high-wing, propeller-driven, STOL aircraft developed by de Havilland Canada. It was conceived to be capable of performing the same roles as the earlier and highly successful Beaver, but was overall a larger aircraft.-Design and...
seaplane crashed at Rossfjordstraumen. There were no fatalities, but the aircraft was written off.