Holta

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{{Infobox settlement

|official_name = Holta

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|native_name =

|nickname =

|settlement_type = Village

|image_skyline = Holta cross.jpg

|image_caption = A cross marking the crash site near Holta. The plaque reads "In memory of those who died here 9 August 1961. 34 English school boys, their two teachers and the three crew members. Erected by friends in Rogaland".

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|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Rogaland county

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = Norway

|subdivision_type1 = Region

|subdivision_name1 = Western Norway

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Rogaland

|subdivision_type3 = District

|subdivision_name3 = Ryfylke

|subdivision_type4 = Municipality

|subdivision_name4 = Strand

|timezone1 = CET

|utc_offset1 = +01:00

|timezone1_DST = CEST

|utc_offset1_DST = +02:00

|postal_code_type = Post Code

|postal_code = 4120 Tau

|elevation_m = 242

|elevation_footnotes = {{Cite web |title=Holta, Strand (Rogaland) |url=http://www.yr.no/place/Norway/Rogaland/Strand/Holta/ |access-date=2016-02-05 |publisher=yr.no |language=Norwegian}}

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Holta is a small farming village in the municipality of Strand in Rogaland county, Norway. The farm is situated on the northern hills overlooking the lake Bjørheimsvatn. It is approximately {{convert|9|km}} northeast of the village of Tau and about {{convert|4|km}} south of the village of Fiskå. The city of Stavanger lies about {{convert|25|km}} southwest of Holta (via the Ryfylke Tunnel that goes under a large fjord).

On 9 August 1961, the Holtaheia Accident took place as a Vickers VC.1 Viking passenger aeroplane, G-AHPM operated by Cunard Eagle Airways, transporting schoolboys from The Archbishop Lanfranc School in Thornton Heath, London, crashed into the mountainside above the farm (Holtaheia). A total of 34 students, two teachers and three crew members were killed.