, , or is a village in

Deatnu-Tana Municipality or is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Tana bru. Among the other villages in the municipality are Austertana, Bonakas, Polmak, Rustefjelbma, and Skiippagurra. The mu ...

Finnmark Finnmark (; ; ; ; ) is a counties of Norway, county in northern Norway. By land, it borders Troms county to the west, Finland's Lapland (Finland), Lapland region to the south, and Russia's Murmansk Oblast to the east, and by water, the Norweg ...

county,

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. The village is located along one of the inner bays of the large

Tanafjorden The Tanafjord (, , or ) is a large fjord in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the municipalities of Tana, Gamvik, and Berlevåg. Its orientation is mainly north–south, reaching approximately from the small village of Smalfjord in Ta ...

, east of

Rustefjelbma , , or is a village in Deatnu-Tana Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The village is located along the Tana River, about south of the mouth of the river at the Tanafjorden. The village of Bonakas lies just north of Rustefjelbma. The muni ...

in northeastern Tana. The village is home to the Austertana Chapel. Austertana has the world's second largest

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quarry. The

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runs through the village. That road is the only road access to

Båtsfjord Municipality Båtsfjord () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Finnmark Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Båtsfjord (village), Båtsfjord (which is the only settlement rema ...

and

Berlevåg Municipality () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Finnmark Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Øst-Finnmark. The administrative centre of the municipality is ...

to the northeast on the

Varanger Peninsula The Varanger Peninsula (; ; ) is a peninsula in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the northeasternmost part of Norway, along the Barents Sea. The peninsula has the Tanafjorden to the west, the Varangerfjorden to the south, and the Bar ...

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