Vestvågøya
Vestvågøya is an island in the Lofoten archipelago in Nordland county, Norway. The island is located within Vestvågøy Municipality. The island lies between the islands of Austvågøya and Gimsøya to the northeast and Flakstadøya to the southwest.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island in Lofoten, Norway
- Also known as: “Vest-Vågøy” and “Vestvagoya”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Himmeltindan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leknes and Bøstad.
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 7 km south of Vestvågøya.
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 9 km east of Vestvågøya.
Vestvågøya
- Category: landform
- Location: Vestvågøy Municipality, Nordland, Northern Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Turkish—“Vestvågøya” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Vest-Vågøy”
- Catalan: “Vestvågøya”
- Cebuano: “Vestvågøya (pulo sa Noruwega, lat 68,21, long 13,56)”
- Cebuano: “Vestvågøya”
- Czech: “Vestvågøy”
- Czech: “Vestvågøya”
- Danish: “Vest-Vågøy”
- Danish: “Vestvågøya”
- Dutch: “Vest-Vågøy”
- Dutch: “Vestvågøya”
- Finnish: “Vest-Vågøy”
- Finnish: “Vestvågøya”
- French: “Vest-Vågøy”
- French: “Vestvågøya”
- German: “Vest-Vågøy”
- German: “Vestvågøya”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vest-Vågøy”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vestvågøya”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vest-Vågøy”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vestvågøy”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vestvågøya”
- Norwegian: “Vestvågøya”
- Papiamento: “Vest-Vågøy”
- Papiamento: “Vestvågøya”
- Polish: “Vest-Vågøy”
- Polish: “Vestvågøya”
- Spanish: “Vest-Vågøy”
- Spanish: “Vestvågøya”
- Swedish: “Vest-Vågøy”
- Swedish: “Vestvågøya”
- Turkish: “Vestvågøya”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Durmålsdalen and Kjerringa.
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