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.- 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
Risøyhamn is a village in Andøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. 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″ north
Longitude
15.44428° or 15° 26′ 39″ east
Elevation
280 metres (919 feet)
Open location code
9FWQXCCV+GP
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap 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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