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Lofoten and Vesterålen. Lofoten is located at the 68th and 69th parallels north of the Arctic Circle in North Norway. Lofoten encompasses the municipalities of Vågan, Vestvågøy, Flakstad, Moskenes, Værøy, and Røst. The principal islands, running from north to south are: Southern tip of Hinnøya.
Map of Lofoten and Vesterålen in Norway with names of some major islands: Date: 8 September 2006: Source: own work, based on public domain gmt outline: Author: User:Daf-de: Other versions: Македонски
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 ]
In 1861, the island became part of the 170-kilometre-long (110 mi) Lofoten telegraph line with a station in Sørvågen (which became the Sørvågen museum in 1914), being finally connected with Europe in 1867. In 1906, a wireless telegraph system was installed in Sørvågen—the second in Europe after Italy—connecting Sørvågen with Røst. [4]
Reine [3] is the administrative centre of Moskenes Municipality in Nordland county, Norway.The fishing village is located on the island of Moskenesøya in the Lofoten archipelago, above the Arctic Circle, about 300 kilometres (190 mi) southwest of the city of Tromsø.
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.