Børøya
Børøya or Bierák is a small island in Hadsel Municipality in Nordlandcounty, Norway. The island is located in the Langøysundet strait between the island of Langøya and the town of Stokmarknes on the island of Hadseløya.Photo: cichlidee1, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Hadsel, Norway
- Also known as: “Böröen”, “Børøy”, and “Boroya”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Stokmarknes Airport.
Stokmarknes Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Manxruler, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stokmarknes Airport is an airport in Hadsel Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the island of Langøya, about 5 kilometres northeast of the town of Stokmarknes and about 20 kilometres southwest of the town of Sortland. Stokmarknes Airport is situated 4 km east of Børøya.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stokmarknes and Sandnes.
Stokmarknes
Photo: Janter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stokmarknes is a town on the northern coast of the island of Hadseløya and on the small, neighbouring island of Børøya in the Vesterålen archipelago of Northern Norway. For travel purposes, this article covers the entirety of Hadseløya and Børøya.
Sandnes
Quarter
Sandnes is a village in Hadsel Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village is located on the island of Langøya on the northern shore of the Langøysundet strait, across from the town of Stokmarknes.
Grytting
Hamlet
Grytting or Grivttegak is a village in Hadsel Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village is located on the island of Langøya on the northern shore of the Hadselfjorden. Grytting is situated 9 km northeast of Børøya.
Børøya
- Category: landform
- Location: Hadsel, Nordland, Northern Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Børøya” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Børøya”
- Chinese: “伯尔岛”
- Dutch: “Børøya”
- French: “Børøya (Hadsel)”
- French: “Børøya”
- Northern Sami: “Bierá”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Børøya”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Børøya”
- Norwegian: “Børøya”
- Turkish: “Børøya”
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