Vardetangen
Vardetangen is the westernmost point of mainland Norway. It is located in Austrheim Municipality in Vestland county. It is on the Lindås peninsula, which juts out into the Fensfjorden.Places of Interest
Highlights include Nord-Vågsøy Church.
Nord-Vågsøy Church
Church
Nord-Vågsøy Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Kinn Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Raudeberg on the northeastern coast of the island of Vågsøy. Nord-Vågsøy Church is situated 3 km southwest of Vardetangen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Måløy.
Måløy
Måløy is a town in Kinn Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The town is located on the southeastern side of the island of Vågsøy, about 3 kilometres northeast of the village of Holvika and about 6 kilometres south of the village of Raudeberg.Vardetangen
- Type: Land-tied island
- Description: westernmost mainland point in Norway
- Categories: tied island and landform
- Location: Kinn, Western Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
62.00778° or 62° 0′ 28″ north
Longitude
5.19583° or 5° 11′ 45″ east
Open location code
9FJ7255W+48
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Vardetangen” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Vardetangen”
- Danish: “Vardetangen”
- Estonian: “Vardetangen”
- Finnish: “Vardetangen”
- French: “Vardetangen”
- German: “Vardetangen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vardetangen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vardetangen”
- Norwegian: “Vardetangen”
- Portuguese: “Vardetangen”
- Spanish: “Vardetangen”
- Swedish: “Vardetangen”
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