Bjørnsand

Bjørnsand is a farm in Vestvågøy Municipality, Nordland. Bjørnsand is situated nearby to the hamlet Tangvåg, as well as near Mærvoll.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Himmeltindan and Saupstadfossen power station.

Himmeltindan

Peak

Photo: Ximonic, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Himmeltindan is a peak, which is situated 3 km southwest of Bjørnsand.

Saupstadfossen power station

Industrial building

Photo: PeltonMan, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Saupstadfossen power station is an industrial building, which is situated 2½ km north of Bjørnsand.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bøstad and Leknes.

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 5 km east of Bjørnsand.

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 9 km south of Bjørnsand.

Bjørnsand

Type: Farm
Also known as: “Bjornsand”
Categories: locality and agriculture
Location: Vestvågøy Municipality, Nordland, Northern Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude

68.23235° or 68° 13′ 56″ north

Longitude

13.63252° or 13° 37′ 57″ east

Elevation

200 metres (656 feet)

Open location code

9FWM6JJM+W2

OpenStreetMap ID

node 9840554164

OpenStreetMap feature

place=farm

GeoNames ID

9471281

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In Other Languages

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Norwegian: “Bjørnsand”

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