Farsholmen

Farsholmen is an islet in Meløy, Nordland. Farsholmen is situated nearby to the locality Gåsvær, as well as near Hornneset.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Reipå and Ørnes.

Reipå

Village

Photo: Øyvind Rask, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Reipå is a village in Meløy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located along Norwegian County Road 17 about 6 kilometres north of the village of Ørnes. Reipå is situated 7 km northeast of Farsholmen.

Ørnes

Town

Photo: michael clarke stuff, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Nordland is a county in Northern Norway. Nordland has an endless and very rugged coastline with thousands of islands. Further inland there are high mountains, glaciers and plateaus. Ørnes is situated 10 km east of Farsholmen.

Farsholmen

Type: Islet
Historically known as: “Fars Island” and “Fors Island”
Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
Location: Meløy, Nordland, Northern Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude

66.88543° or 66° 53′ 8″ north

Longitude

13.49005° or 13° 29′ 24″ east

Open location code

9FRMVFPR+52

OpenStreetMap ID

way 240386487

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=coastline

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

GeoNames ID

3212207

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