Sortlandsundet or Sortlandssundet ( en, Sortland Sound
[''Norges Geologiske Undersøkelse'' no. 212. 1983. Trondheim: Norges Geologiske Undersokelse, p. 6.]) is a
strait
A strait is an oceanic landform connecting two seas or two other large areas of water. The surface water generally flows at the same elevation on both sides and through the strait in either direction. Most commonly, it is a narrow ocean channe ...
or
sound in
Sortland Municipality in
Nordland
Nordland (; smj, Nordlánnda, sma, Nordlaante, sme, Nordlánda, en, Northland) is a county in Norway in the Northern Norway region, the least populous of all 11 counties, bordering Troms og Finnmark in the north, Trøndelag in the south, N ...
county,
Norway. It separates the islands of
Langøya and
Hinnøya and it connects the
Hadselfjorden in the south and the
Gavlfjorden in the north. The
Sortland Bridge is the only bridge that crosses the long strait.
References
Sortland
Vesterålen
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