Nykvåg/Nykan Nature Reserve
The Nykvåg/Nykan Nature Reserve is located in Bø Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The nature reserve lies between the villages of Sandvika and Nykvåg, south of the Nyke/Tussen and Frugga nature reserves.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Nature reserve
- Description: protected area in Nordland
- Also known as: “Nykvåg / Nykan” and “Nykvåg / Nykan naturreservat”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Nyke/Tussen Nature Reserve.
Nyke/Tussen Nature Reserve
Nature reserve
The Nyke/Tussen Nature Reserve is located in Bø Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The nature reserve lies north of the Nykvåg/Nykan Nature Reserve and south of the Frugga Nature Reserve, and it includes a pebble beach between the villages of Nykvåg and Hovden.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vågen and Hovden.
Vågen
Hamlet
Vågen is a village in Bø Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village is located on the west side of the island of Langøya in the Vesterålen archipelago just west of the village of Nykvåg.
Hovden
Village
Photo: Blue Elf, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hovden is a fishing village in Bø Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village is located at the northern tip of a peninsula on the island of Langøya, on the west side of the Malnesfjorden.
Nykvåg/Nykan Nature Reserve
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Bø Municipality, Nordland, Northern Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
68.7686° or 68° 46′ 7″ northLongitude
14.4466° or 14° 26′ 48″ eastInception
December 6th, 2002Operator
Statsforvalteren i NordlandOpen location code
9FWPQC9W+CJOpenStreetMap ID
way 696003349OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveWikidata ID
Q19384162
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Spanish—“Nykvåg/Nykan Nature Reserve” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “محمية نيكفوج نيكان الطبيعيه”
- French: “Réserve naturelle de Nykvåg/Nykan”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nykvåg/Nykan naturreservat”
- Norwegian: “Nykvåg/Nykan naturreservat”
- Spanish: “Nykvåg/Nykan”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Nykvåg and Nyke.
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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 “Nykvåg/Nykan Nature Reserve”. Photo: Blue Elf, CC BY-SA 3.0.