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altafjord wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 history toggle history subsection 1 1 prehistoric culture 1 2 world war ii 2 references 3 external links toggle the table of contents altafjord 22 languages العربية català cebuano dansk deutsch español eesti euskara suomi français հայերեն italiano 日本語 한국어 nederlands norsk nynorsk norsk bokmål polski português русский svenska українська edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikimedia commons wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide coordinates 69 59 24 n 23 19 27 e 69 9900 n 23 3242 e 69 9900 23 3242 from wikipedia the free encyclopedia fjord in alta municipality in finnmark county norway altafjord altafjorden norwegian álttávuonna northern sami alattionvuono kven view of the fjord altafjord location of the fjord within finnmark show map of finnmark altafjord location of the fjord within norway show map of norway location finnmark county norway coordinates 69 59 24 n 23 19 27 e 69 9900 n 23 3242 e 69 9900 23 3242 type fjord basin countries norway max length 38 kilometres 24 mi islands årøya settlements alta the altafjord norwegian altafjorden northern sami álttávuonna kven alattionvuono 1 is a fjord in alta municipality in finnmark county norway the 38 kilometre 24 mi long fjord stretches from the town of alta in the south to the islands of stjernøya and seiland the 200 kilometre 120 mi long river altaelva empties into the fjord at the town of alta at stjernøya and seiland islands the fjord splits into two straits before emptying into the norwegian sea some of the larger side branches off the main fjord include langfjorden kåfjorden and korsfjorden 2 3 the fjord was historically known as altenfjord and was referred to as such by british historians throughout most of the 20th century midnight sun at the altafjord history edit petroglyphs prehistoric culture edit a large number of prehistoric rock carvings have been found along the fjord particularly at the bay jiepmaluokta these locations at kåfjord jiepmaluokta and amtmannsnes are assigned a unesco world heritage site 4 5 the petroglyphs are dated from 4 200 bc to 500 bc based on old shorelines and nearby prehistoric settlements 6 world war ii edit during world war ii there was a german naval base along the kåfjorden which branches off the main altafjord the german battleship tirpitz was based at the village of kåfjord along the kåfjorden it was subject to attacks by british x class midget submarines in september 1943 operation source and in 1944 to air strikes in april operation tungsten july operation mascot august operation goodwood and september operation paravane after which tirpitz was relocated to tromsø where a final bombing raid in november operation catechism sank the battleship references edit altafjorden informasjon om stadnamn in norwegian kartverket henriksen petter ed 2007 altafjorden store norske leksikon in norwegian oslo kunnskapsforlaget retrieved 4 august 2009 henriksen petter ed 2007 altaelva store norske leksikon in norwegian oslo kunnskapsforlaget retrieved 4 august 2009 the rock art of alta alta museum retrieved 5 august 2009 berg bjørn 2005 the concept of nature rock carvings and shamanism in arctic norway pdf adoranten scandinavian society of prehistoric art archived from the original pdf on 19 august 2010 retrieved 5 august 2009 solberg bergljot 2007 alta ristningene in henriksen petter ed store norske leksikon in norwegian oslo kunnskapsforlaget retrieved 6 august 2009 external links edit media related to altafjorden at wikimedia commons authority control databases international viaf other idref retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title altafjord oldid 1369867233 categories alta municipality fjords of finnmark hidden categories articles with short description short description is different from wikidata use dmy dates from march 2024 pages using gadget wikiminiatlas articles containing norwegian language text articles containing northern sami language text articles containing kven language text coordinates on wikidata articles using infobox body of water without alt articles using infobox body of water without pushpin map alt articles using infobox body of water without image bathymetry cs1 norwegian language sources no commons category link from wikidata this page was last edited on 17 august 2026 at 17 54 utc page was rendered with parsoid text 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