Kvalsundet (Tromsø)

{{Short description|Strait in Troms, Norway}}

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|caption = View of the strait

|location = Troms county, Norway

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|caption_map = Interactive map of the strait

|basin_countries = Norway

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|type = Strait

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{{native name|no|Kvalsundet}} or {{native name|se|Válesnuorri}}{{cite web|url=https://stadnamn.kartverket.no/fakta/79718|title=Informasjon om stadnamn|website=Norgeskart|publisher=Kartverket|language=no|accessdate=2024-07-09}} is a strait in Tromsø Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The {{convert|20|km|adj=on}} long strait separates the island of Kvaløya from the island of Ringvassøya. The {{convert|1-5|km|1|adj=on}} long strait is crossed by the subsea Kvalsund Tunnel. The strait joins the Grøtsundet strait on the south end, about {{convert|8|km}} north of the city of Tromsø.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Kvalsundet – sund i Tromsø |first= |last= |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Godal | editor-first=Anne Marit | editor-link=Anne Marit Godal |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=http://snl.no/Kvalsundet/sund_i_Tromsø |language=Norwegian |accessdate=11 August 2013}}{{cite book |title=NAF Veibok 2010–2012 |edition=29 |publisher=Norges Automobil-Forbund |editor=Evensen, Knut Harald |location=Oslo |language=Norwegian |page=126 |year=2010}}