Borkenes

Borkenes is the administrative centre of Kvæfjord Municipality in county, . The farming village is located on the island of , about 18 kilometres west of the .
Wikipedia
Manxruler, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Village with about 1,510 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 30 metres (100 feet)
  • Description: settlement in Kvæfjord Municipality, Norway

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kvæfjord Church.
Asbjørn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a parish church of the Church…

Borkenes

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Latitude
68.77263° or 68° 46′ 22″ north
Longitude
16.17156° or 16° 10′ 18″ east
UN/LOCODE
NO BOS
Open location code
9FWRQ5FC+3J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 266706712
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
3160630
Wiki­data ID
Q2040661

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Urdu—“Borkenes” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Боркенес”
  • Catalan: “Borkenes”
  • Cebuano: “Borkenes”
  • Chinese: “伯爾克內斯”
  • Danish: “Borkenes”
  • Dutch: “Borkenes”
  • Finnish: “Borkenes”
  • French: “Borkenes”
  • German: “Borkenes”
  • Italian: “Borkenes”
  • Malay: “Borkenes”
  • Northern Sami: “Borkenes”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Borkenes”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Borkenes”
  • Norwegian: “Borkenes”
  • Romanian: “Borkenes”
  • Spanish: “Borkenes”
  • Swedish: “Borkenes”
  • Urdu: “بورکینیس”

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Highlights include Kvæfjord rådhus and NAV Kvæfjord.

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