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.- 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 Malnes.
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.
Malnes
Hamlet
Malnes is a small village in Bø Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village is located along the mouth of Malnesfjorden in the northwest part the island of Langøya.
Hovden
Village
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
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
68.7686° or 68° 46′ 7″ north
Longitude
14.4466° or 14° 26′ 48″ east
Inception
December 6th, 2002
Operator
Statsforvalteren i Nordland
Open location code
9FWPQC9W+CJ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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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
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