Vargsundet
{{Short description|Strait in Finnmark county, Norway}}
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|caption = View of the strait
|location = Finnmark 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|Vargsundet}} or {{native name|se|Várggonuorri}}{{cite web|url=https://stadnamn.kartverket.no/fakta/505919|title=Informasjon om stadnamn|website=Norgeskart|publisher=Kartverket|language=no|accessdate=2024-06-28}} is a strait in Hammerfest Municipality and Alta Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It separates the island of Seiland from the mainland. Vargsundet opens up into Altafjorden to the southwest, and to Straumen to the northeast.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Altafjorden |first=Svein |last=Askheim |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/Altafjorden |language=Norwegian |accessdate=9 August 2013}}{{cite book |title=NAF Veibok 2010–2012 |edition=29 |publisher=Norges Automobil-Forbund |editor=Evensen, Knut Harald |location=Oslo |language=Norwegian |page=136 |year=2010}} The river Porsa debouches into the strait, from southeast.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Porsa |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/Porsa |language=Norwegian |accessdate=9 August 2013}}