Silda ( sme, Sildi) is an uninhabited island in Loppa Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The 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 tall mountain Sunnáčohkka. The name of the island may be derived from the Norwegian words for "seal" or "herring".
Archaeological findings on the islands include farm mounds, traces of houses, burial cairns from the Iron Age and Middle Ages.
See also
*List of islands of Norway
References
Loppa
Uninhabited islands of Norway
Islands of Troms og Finnmark
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