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Vesterålen is made up of several islands: Langøya, Andøya, Hadseløya, the western part of Hinnøya, the northern part of Austvågøya and several smaller islands. The landscape is mountainous, but the mountains have a more rounded shape compared to the mountains in Lofoten.
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
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... move to sidebar hide. This is a list of islands of Norway sorted by name. For a list sorted by ...
Peter I Island: Bellingshausen Sea, Antarctica: 0 156 Lars Christensen Peak: 1,640 11 Svenskøya: Svalbard: 0 137 230 12 Wilhelm Island: Svalbard: 0 120 656 13 Lågøya: Svalbard: 0 103.5 14 Bouvet Island: South Atlantic Ocean: 0 58 Olavtoppen: 780
Straume [3] is the administrative centre of Bø Municipality in Nordland county, Norway.The village is located on the island of Langøya in the Vesterålen archipelago.The village is located about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from the village of Bø (to the south) and the village of Eidet (to the north), in the west central part of the municipality.
The main village on the island is Krossneset on the southern part of the island. The northern part of the island, on the southwest shore of Kvernafjord, is very sparsely inhabited. [1] Historically, the island was one of the two main islands of the old Meland Municipality. The island is strategically located at a major transportation crossroads.
The town is located on the east coast of the island of Langøya, along the Sortlandsundet strait. In 1997, the municipality decided to declare " town status " for the urban area of Sortland. Sortland is the largest town and commercial centre in the whole Vesterålen region and is often referred to as "the blue town by the strait" ( den blå ...
It is part of the Vesterålen archipelago, about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) southwest of the village of Bø on the coast of the large island of Langøya. The 0.67-square-kilometre (0.26 sq mi) island is best known for the Litløy Lighthouse located on the western part of the island. Its highest point on the island is the 103-metre (338 ft) tall ...