Sortlandssundet

{{short description|Strait in Nordland, Norway}}

{{Infobox body of water

|name = {{native name list|tag1=no|name1=Sortlandssundet|tag2=se|name2=Suorttánuorri}}

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|other_name = {{native name|no|Sortlandsundet}}

|image = Sortland bridge 2006.jpg

|alt =

|caption = View of the fjord

|location = Nordland county, Norway

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|caption_map = Interactive map of the fjord

|basin_countries = Norway

|coords = {{coord|68.8047|15.4172|region:NO_type:waterbody |display=inline, title}}

|type = Strait

|inflow = Gavlfjorden

|outflow = Hadselfjorden

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|length = {{convert|30|km}}

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|cities = Sortland

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{{native name|no|Sortlandssundet}} or {{native name|se|Suorttánuorri}}{{cite web|url=https://stadnamn.kartverket.no/fakta/78270|title=Informasjon om stadnamn|website=Norgeskart|publisher=Kartverket|language=no|accessdate=2024-08-18}} ({{lit|Sortland Sound}}{{cite book|last=Cohen|first=Saul Bernard|year=2008|title=The Columbia Gazetteer of the World: P to Z|location=New York|publisher=Columbia University Press|page=3641}}{{cite book|title=Norges Geologiske Undersøkelse. Nr. 212|year=1983|location=Trondheim|publisher=Norges Geologiske Undersokelse|page=6}}) is a strait or sound in Sortland Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It separates the islands of Langøya and Hinnøya and it connects the Hadselfjorden in the south and the Gavlfjorden in the north. The Sortland Bridge is the only bridge that crosses the {{convert|30|km|adj=on}} long strait.{{cite web|url=http://snl.no/Sortlandssundet|title=Sortlandssundet|author=Store norske leksikon|authorlink=Store norske leksikon|language=Norwegian|accessdate=2012-07-30}}