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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name          = Holta
|other_name             = 
|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]]".
|pushpin_map            = Rogaland#Norway
|pushpin_label_position = left
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|pushpin_map_caption    = Location in [[Rogaland]] county
|subdivision_type       = Country
|subdivision_name       = [[Norway]]
|subdivision_type1      = [[List of regions of Norway|Region]] 
|subdivision_name1      = [[Western Norway]]
|subdivision_type2      = [[Counties of Norway|County]] 
|subdivision_name2      = [[Rogaland]]
|subdivision_type3      = [[Districts of Norway|District]]
|subdivision_name3      = [[Ryfylke]]
|subdivision_type4      = [[List of municipalities of Norway|Municipality]]
|subdivision_name4      = [[Strand, Norway|Strand]]
|timezone1              = [[Central European Time|CET]] 
|utc_offset1            = +01:00
|timezone1_DST          = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] 
|utc_offset1_DST        = +02:00
|postal_code_type       = Post Code
|postal_code            = 4120 Tau
|elevation_m            = 242
|elevation_footnotes    = <ref>{{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}}</ref>
|coordinates            = {{coord|59|05|15|N|06|01|40|E|type:city|display=inline,title}}
}}

'''Holta''' is a small farming village in the municipality of [[Strand, Norway|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, Norway|Tau]] and about {{convert|4|km}} south of the village of [[Fiskå, Rogaland|Fiskå]].  The [[Stavanger (city)|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.

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[[Category:Villages in Rogaland]]
[[Category:Strand, Norway]]


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