Vadsøya is an island in Vadsø Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The island lies in the Varangerfjorden, just south of the coast of the mainland...
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Peninsula, along the Varanger Fjord. Part of the town lies on the island of Vadsøya. It is connected to the rest of the town on the mainland by a bridge. The...
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Tussøya Tustna Tverrdalsøya Tysnesøy Tyssøy Tørla Ulvøya Uløya Utøya Utsira Vadsøya Vandve Vanna, a.k.a. Vannøya Valderøya Varaldsøy Vardøya Vega Veidholmen...
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named after the town of Vadsø. The name of the town comes from the island Vadsøya, since that was the original townsite. The Old Norse form of the name would...
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was not new at that time. The first church was located on the island of Vadsøya, where the main Vadsø settlement was located at that time. It was located...
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of astronomy. In August 1896, he joined an expedition to the island of Vadsøya in Norway to view an eclipse, using his surveying skills to set up their...
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