Aglapsvik Explained

Official Name:Aglapsvik
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Troms#Norway
Pushpin Label:Aglapsvik
Pushpin Label Position:left
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Norway
Subdivision Name1:Northern Norway
Subdivision Name2:Troms
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Midt-Troms
Subdivision Type4:Municipality
Subdivision Name4:Senja Municipality
Utc Offset1:+01:00
Utc Offset1 Dst:+02:00
Postal Code Type:Post Code
Postal Code:9300 Finnsnes
Coordinates:69.4628°N 18.2111°W
Elevation M:9
Elevation Footnotes:[1]

Aglapsvik is a small, isolated, coastal village in Senja Municipality in Troms county in Northern Norway. It is located along the Malangen fjord, about 35km (22miles) north of the town of Finnsnes. The name of the village comes from the nearby mountain Aglapen. The area is mostly hilly and forested and there is one small road (County Road 263) passing through. There are about 50 residents.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Aglapsvik. yr.no. Norwegian. 2012-12-07. 2016-08-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20160819194424/http://www.yr.no/place/Norway/Troms/Lenvik/Aglapsvik/. dead.