Vågen, Nordland

Vågen
Settlement
Vågen
Location in Nordland
Vågen
Vågen (Norway)
Coordinates: 68°46′39″N 14°27′57″E / 68.77750°N 14.46583°E / 68.77750; 14.46583Coordinates: 68°46′39″N 14°27′57″E / 68.77750°N 14.46583°E / 68.77750; 14.46583
Country Norway
Region Northern Norway
County Nordland
District Vesterålen
Municipality Bø
Elevation[1] 6 m (20 ft)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code 8475 Straumsjøen

Vågen is a village area of Nykvåg in the municipality of Bø in Nordland county, Norway. It lies on the west side of Langøya in the Vesterålen archipelago.

Geography

Vågen is connected to Nykvåg by County Road 916, which branches off from County Road 915 in Nykvåg and runs east before circling around Nykvåg bay to the quai in Vågen.[2] The hill Gårdsnyken (127 meters or 417 feet)[3] rises northwest of Vågen. The Nykvåg/Nykan Nature Reserve, encompassing the Nykan islands, lies east of Vågen.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Vågen, Bø (Nordland)" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Vegliste 2013: Fylkes- og kommunale veger. Nordland. 2013. Bodø: Statens vegvesen Region nord, p. 28" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-10-06.
  3. ↑ Store norske leksikon: Nykvåg.
  4. ↑ Store norske leksikon: Nykan – Bø.
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