Bjørnskinn
Bjørnskinn is a village in Andøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village of Bjørnskinn lies along the southern part of the island of Andøya, about 2 kilometres northwest of the larger village of Risøyhamn.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Andøy, Norway
- Also known as: “Bjornskinn”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bjørnskinn Church.
Bjørnskinn Church
Church
Photo: Blue Elf, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bjørnskinn Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Andøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Bjørnskinn on the island of Andøya.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Risøyhamn and Åknes.
Risøyhamn
Village
Photo: Janter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Risøyhamn is a village in Andøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village is located on the southern part of the island of Andøya. The island of Andøya is connected to the neighboring island of Hinnøya by the Andøy Bridge at Risøyhamn. Risøyhamn is situated 3 km south of Bjørnskinn.
Åknes
Hamlet
Åknes is a village in Andøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village is located on the southwestern part of the island of Andøya, along the Gavlfjorden. The village is located about 10 kilometres southwest of the village of Bjørnskinn. Åknes is situated 8 km west of Bjørnskinn.
Bjørnskinn
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Andøy Municipality, Nordland, Northern Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
68.99981° or 68° 59′ 59″ northLongitude
15.63578° or 15° 38′ 9″ eastElevation
133 metres (436 feet)Open location code
9FWQXJXP+W8OpenStreetMap ID
node 9863335971OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Swedish—“Bjørnskinn” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Բյորնսքին”
- Danish: “Bjørnskinn”
- Dutch: “Bjørnskinn”
- French: “Bjørnskinn”
- Hebrew: “ביונשין”
- Irish: “Bjørnskinn”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bjørnskinn”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bjørnskinn i Andøy”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bjørnskinn”
- Norwegian: “Bjørnskinn”
- Russian: “Бьёрнскинн”
- Swedish: “Bjørnskinn”
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