Location: | Finnmark, Norway |
Coordinates: | 70.3216°N 21.7398°W |
Area Km2: | 48 |
Length Km: | 15 |
Width Km: | 4 |
Elevation M: | 628 |
Highest Mount: | Sunnáčohkka |
Country: | Norway |
Country Admin Divisions Title: | County |
Country Admin Divisions: | Finnmark |
Country Admin Divisions Title 1: | Municipality |
Country Admin Divisions 1: | Loppa Municipality |
Population: | 0 |
or [1] is an uninhabited island in Loppa Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The 48km2 island lies in the Lopphavet Sea, north of the villages of Bergsfjord and Sør-Tverrfjord on the mainland. The island is very mountainous, the tallest being the 628m (2,060feet) tall mountain Sunnáčohkka. The name of the island may be derived from the Norwegian words for "seal" or "herring".[2]
Archaeological findings on the islands include farm mounds, traces of houses, burial cairns from the Iron Age and Middle Ages.[3]