Furuflaten
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Furuflaten is a village in the municipality of Lyngen
in Troms
county, Norway
. Its population (2009) is 243. The village is located along the Lyngen fjord
. Furuflaten is located at the mouth of the Lyngsdalselva river, about 15 km (9.3 mi) south of Lyngseidet
, and about 54 km (33.6 mi) straight southeast of the city of Tromsø
.
Lyngen
Lyngen is a municipality and a fjord in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Lyngseidet.- General information :...
in Troms
Troms
or Romsa is a county in North Norway, bordering Finnmark to the northeast and Nordland in the southwest. To the south is Norrbotten Län in Sweden and further southeast is a shorter border with Lapland Province in Finland. To the west is the Norwegian Sea...
county, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. Its population (2009) is 243. The village is located along the Lyngen fjord
Fjord
Geologically, a fjord is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created in a valley carved by glacial activity.-Formation:A fjord is formed when a glacier cuts a U-shaped valley by abrasion of the surrounding bedrock. Glacial melting is accompanied by rebound of Earth's crust as the ice...
. Furuflaten is located at the mouth of the Lyngsdalselva river, about 15 km (9.3 mi) south of Lyngseidet
Lyngseidet
Lyngseidet is the administrative centre of the municipality of Lyngen in Troms county, Norway. The population is 846. The town is located on an isthmus that is about wide....
, and about 54 km (33.6 mi) straight southeast of the city of Tromsø
Tromsø
Tromsø is a city and municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Tromsø.Tromsø city is the ninth largest urban area in Norway by population, and the seventh largest city in Norway by population...
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