Langøya

Langøya is a nature reserve in Bamble, Telemark, Innlandet. Langøya is situated nearby to the locality Lilleøya, as well as near Smietangen.

Photo: GoranSjoberg, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Type: Nature reserve
Description: protected area in Norway (Naturbase code: VV00002420)
Also known as: “Langøya landskapsvernområde”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Langøytangen Lighthouse and Langesund Church.

Langøytangen Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Photo: Thordivel, Public domain.

Langøytangen Lighthouse is a fully automated coastal lighthouse situated on the island of Langøya just off shore of the town of Langesund in Bamble Municipality in Agder county, Norway.

Langesund Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bamble Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the town of Langesund. It is the church for the Langesund parish which is part of the Bamble prosti in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark.

Fugløya

Islet

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Fugløya is an islet.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Langesund.

Langesund

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Langesund is the administrative centre of Bamble Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The town is located on a peninsula along the Langesundsfjorden near the Skagerrak coast.

Langøya

Categories: protected area and recreation area
Location: Bamble, Telemark, East Norway, Alvdal, Innlandet, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude

59.0028° or 59° 0′ 10″ north

Longitude

9.7551° or 9° 45′ 18″ east

Inception

June 30th, 2006

Operator

Statsforvalteren i Telemark

Open location code

9FFF2Q34+42

OpenStreetMap ID

way 425520730

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

Wikidata ID

Q50329021

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Satellite Map

Discover Langøya from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From French to Spanish—“Langøya” goes by many names.

French: “Langøya”
French: “Zone de conservation du paysage de Langøya avec conservation de la vie animale et végétale”
Norwegian Bokmål: “Langøya landskapsvernområde med dyre- og plantelivsfredning”
Norwegian: “Langøya landskapsvernområde med dyre- og plantelivsfredning”
Norwegian: “Langøya”
Spanish: “Langøya”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Langøya gjestehavn and Langøya hovedgård.

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