Sund
Sund is a fishing village in Flakstad Municipality in the Lofoten district of Nordland county, Norway. The settlement, with around 100 permanent residents, is located on the southwest coast of the island of Flakstadøya.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Sxilderik, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: fishing village in Flakstad Municipality, Norway
- Also known as: “Sund, Flakstad”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kåkern Bridge and Solbjørn power station.
Kåkern Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Manxruler, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Kåkern Bridge is a cantilever road bridge that crosses the Kåkernsundet strait between the islands of Flakstadøya and Moskenesøya in Flakstad Municipality in Nordland county, Norway.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nusfjord and Fredvang.
Nusfjord
Village
Photo: Christoph Strässler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Nusfjord is a fishing village in Flakstad Municipality in Lofoten in Nordland county, Norway. The village lies on the southern shore of the island of Flakstadøya, along the Vestfjorden. Nusfjord is situated 7 km northeast of Sund.
Fredvang
Village
Photo: Sveter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fredvang is a village in Flakstad Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village is located on the island of Moskenesøya in the Lofoten archipelago. Fredvang is situated 9 km north of Sund.
Ramberg
Village
Photo: Æøå, Public domain.
Ramberg is the administrative centre of Flakstad Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village is located on the island of Flakstadøya in the Lofoten archipelago. Ramberg is situated 9 km north of Sund.
Sund
- Categories: human settlement, fishing village, and locality
- Location: Flakstad, Nordland, Northern Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
68.00518° or 68° 0′ 19″ northLongitude
13.20789° or 13° 12′ 28″ eastOpen location code
9FWM2645+35OpenStreetMap ID
node 1599208425OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
9404318Wikidata ID
Q12003961
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Sund” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Sund”
- Danish: “Sund i Lofoten”
- Dutch: “Sund”
- French: “Sund”
- German: “Sund”
- Irish: “Sund”
- Javanese: “Sund, Flakstad”
- Javanese: “Sund”
- Malay: “Sund, Flakstad”
- Malay: “Sund”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sund i Lofoten”
- Norwegian: “Sund i Lofoten”
- Norwegian: “Sund”
- Russian: “Сунд”
- Spanish: “Sund”
- Swedish: “Sund, Flakstads kommun”
- Swedish: “Sund”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sund fiskerimuseum and Flakstadøy.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Sund”. Photo: Sxilderik, CC BY-SA 3.0.