Silda
Silda is located in Troms og Finnmark
Silda
Silda
Location of the island
Silda is located in Norway
Silda
Silda
Silda (Norway)
Geography
LocationTroms og Finnmark, Norway
Coordinates70°19′18″N 21°44′23″E / 70.3216°N 21.7398°E / 70.3216; 21.7398
Area48 km2 (19 sq mi)
Length15 km (9.3 mi)
Width4 km (2.5 mi)
Highest elevation628 m (2060 ft)
Highest pointSunnáčohkka
Administration
Norway
CountyTroms og Finnmark
MunicipalityLoppa Municipality
Demographics
Population0

Silda (Northern Sami: Sildi) is an uninhabited island in Loppa Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The 48-square-kilometre (19 sq mi) 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 628-metre (2,060 ft) tall mountain Sunnáčohkka. The name of the island may be derived from the Norwegian words for "seal" or "herring".[1]

Archaeological findings on the islands include farm mounds, traces of houses, burial cairns from the Iron Age and Middle Ages.[2]

See also

References

  1. Askheim, Svein, ed. (2018-02-20). "Silda i Loppa". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2018-06-23.
  2. Bruun, Inga Malene (2010). Kulturminneregistrering i gamle fiskevær. Tromsø Museum.


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