Nykvåg
Nykvåg is a fishing village in Bø Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is one of the largest fishing villages on the west coast of the large island of Langøya in the Vesterålen archipelago.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: village in Bø, Nordland, Norway
- Also known as: “Nykvaag” and “Nykvag”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Nykvåg/Nykan Nature Reserve and Nyke/Tussen Nature Reserve.
Nykvåg/Nykan Nature Reserve
Nature reserve
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The Nykvåg/Nykan Nature Reserve is located in Bø Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The nature reserve lies between the villages of Sandvika and Nykvåg, south of the Nyke/Tussen and Frugga nature reserves.
Nyke/Tussen Nature Reserve
Nature reserve
The Nyke/Tussen Nature Reserve is located in Bø Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The nature reserve lies north of the Nykvåg/Nykan Nature Reserve and south of the Frugga Nature Reserve, and it includes a pebble beach between the villages of Nykvåg and Hovden. Nyke/Tussen Nature Reserve is situated 2½ km northeast of Nykvåg.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vågen and Hovden.
Vågen
Hamlet
Vågen is a village in Bø Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village is located on the west side of the island of Langøya in the Vesterålen archipelago just west of the village of Nykvåg.
Hovden
Village
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Hovden is a fishing village in Bø Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village is located at the northern tip of a peninsula on the island of Langøya, on the west side of the Malnesfjorden. Hovden is situated 5 km northeast of Nykvåg.
Nykvåg
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Bø Municipality, Nordland, Northern Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
68.77681° or 68° 46′ 37″ northLongitude
14.4728° or 14° 28′ 22″ eastElevation
6 metres (20 feet)Open location code
9FWPQFGF+P4OpenStreetMap ID
node 906322814OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Norwegian Bokmål—“Nykvåg” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Nykvåg”
- Chinese: “尼科瓦格”
- Chinese: “尼科瓦格镇”
- Danish: “Nykvåg”
- Dutch: “Nykvåg”
- French: “Nykvåg”
- Irish: “Nykvåg”
- Javanese: “Nykvåg”
- Malay: “Nykvåg”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nykvåg”
- Norwegian: “Nykvåg”
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Notable Places Nearby
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