Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Troms#Norway |
Pushpin Label: | Vatnjavárri |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Northern Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Troms |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Central Hålogaland |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Tjeldsund Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 9440 Evenskjer |
Coordinates: | 68.5324°N 16.7051°W |
Elevation M: | 59 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
or [2] is a Sámi hamlet or small village in Tjeldsund Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The village is located about southeast of the village of Evenskjer and about north of the Harstad/Narvik Airport.
The hamlet was home to the Boltås skole (Northern Sami: Vaknjavári skuvla), a bilingual Sámi–Norwegian public primary school. The school closed in 2013 at which time it had 25 students in seven classes.[3] Historically, this village was part of Skånland Municipality until 1 January 2020 when it became part of Tjeldsund Municipality.