Åknes
Åknes is a village in Andøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village is located on the southwestern part of the island of Andøya, along the Gavlfjorden. The village is located about 10 kilometres southwest of the village of Bjørnskinn.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Andøy, Norway
- Also known as: “Aaknes”, “Aknes”, and “Åknes, Nordland”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Risøyhamn.
Risøyhamn
Village
Photo: Janter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Risøyhamn is a village in Andøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village is located on the southern part of the island of Andøya. The island of Andøya is connected to the neighboring island of Hinnøya by the Andøy Bridge at Risøyhamn. Risøyhamn is situated 8 km east of Åknes.
Åknes
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Andøy Municipality, Nordland, Northern Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
68.9713° or 68° 58′ 17″ northLongitude
15.44428° or 15° 26′ 39″ eastElevation
280 metres (919 feet)Open location code
9FWQXCCV+GPOpenStreetMap ID
node 9863335992OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Norwegian Bokmål—“Åknes” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Åknes”
- Danish: “Åknes”
- Dutch: “Åknes”
- French: “Åknes”
- Irish: “Åknes”
- Javanese: “Åknes”
- Malay: “Åknes”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Åknes”
- Norwegian: “Åknes”
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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 “Åknes”. Photo: AdiXbiker, CC BY-SA 3.0.