Tangholmen
Tangholmen is an islet in Vestvågøy Municipality, Nordland. Tangholmen is situated nearby to the hamlet Tangvåg, as well as near Sortland.Places of Interest
Highlights include Himmeltindan and Saupstadfossen power station.
Saupstadfossen power station
Industrial building
Photo: PeltonMan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Saupstadfossen power station is an industrial building, which is situated 3 km northeast of Tangholmen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bøstad and Leknes.
Bøstad
Quarter
Bøstad is a village in Vestvågøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located along the European route E10 highway just next to the hamlet of Borg in the central part of the island of Vestvågøya in the Lofoten archipelago. Borge Church is located in Borg, very close to the village of Bøstad. Bøstad is situated 6 km east of Tangholmen.
Leknes
Town
Photo: Paalsvendsen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lofoten is a group of islands in the northern part of Norway. With its postcard-looking small fishing villages nestled in fjords dotting a very rugged coast with abrupt peaks rising directly from the ocean, the archipelago is often described as one of the most scenic parts of Norway. Leknes is situated 10 km south of Tangholmen.
Tangholmen
- Type: Islet
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Vestvågøy Municipality, Nordland, Northern Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
68.23466° or 68° 14′ 5″ northLongitude
13.60907° or 13° 36′ 33″ eastElevation
1 metre (3 feet)Open location code
9FWM6JM5+VJOpenStreetMap ID
way 16588585OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
9056120
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In Other Languages
“Tangholmen” goes by many names.
- Norwegian: “Tangholmen”
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