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The islands have for more than 1,000 years been the centre of great cod fisheries, especially in winter, when the cod migrate south from the Barents Sea and gather in Lofoten to spawn. Bergen in southwestern Norway was for a long time the hub for further export of cod south to different parts of Europe, particularly so when trade was controlled ...
Main street of Leknes by night Leknes in winter: view towards Skottinden Gravdal, which together with Fygle have grown together with Leknes, creating an urban area with over 5,400 inhabitants. The town is situated in the geographical middle of the Lofoten archipelago on the island of Vestvågøya .
It is located not far from the Arctic Circle on the island of Moskenesøya in the Lofoten archipelago. Lofotodden National Park was established on 22 June 2018. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The national park covers an area of 99 square kilometres (38 sq mi), of which approximately 13 square kilometres (5.0 sq mi) is sea area. [ 4 ]
Moskenesøya (lit. ' Moskenes Island ') is an island at the southern end of the Lofoten archipelago in Nordland county, Norway.The 186-square-kilometre (72 sq mi) island is shared between Moskenes Municipality and Flakstad Municipality. [1]
Å (Norwegian pronunciation:, from å meaning "stream") or Å i Lofoten (lit. ' Å in Lofoten ' ) [ 2 ] is a village in Moskenes Municipality in Nordland county, Norway . It is located about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) southwest of the village of Sørvågen on the island of Moskenesøya , towards the southern end of the Lofoten archipelago .
The Lofoten fishery is considered a Norwegian traditional and culturally rich fishery. It has for many centuries played an important role for both the local and the national economy. It takes place every year, typically starting in January lasting till mid-April, around the Lofoten Islands in the Northern parts of Norway. [1]
On a per-capita basis, Norway is the world's largest producer, and exporter, of oil and natural gas outside the Middle East. [31] In 2016, 56 new licenses for oil exploration near the Lofoten Islands were issued.
Norway, Iceland, and Denmark/Faroe Islands share the territorial waters of the Norwegian Sea, with the largest part belonging to the first. Norway has claimed twelve-mile limit as territorial waters since 2004 and an exclusive economic zone of 200 miles since 1976. Consequently, due to the Norwegian islands of Svalbard and Jan Mayen, the ...