Oldervika, Rødøy

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Oldervika

Oldervik
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Oldervika
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Oldervika
Oldervika (Norway)
Coordinates: 66°30′24″N13°18′39″E / 66.5066°N 13.3108°E / 66.5066; 13.3108 Coordinates: 66°30′24″N13°18′39″E / 66.5066°N 13.3108°E / 66.5066; 13.3108
Country Norway
Region Northern Norway
County Nordland
District Helgeland
Municipality Rødøy
Elevation
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9 m (30 ft)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Post Code
8190 Sørfjorden

Oldervika or Oldervik is a village in the municipality of Rødøy in Nordland county, Norway. The village is located on the eastern shore of the Sørfjorden, just north of the village of Sørfjorden. Although it is located on the mainland, there are no road connections to the rest of Norway. It has a ferry connection to Kilboghamn to the west and Jektvika to the north.

Rødøy Municipality in Nordland, Norway

Rødøy is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Vågaholmen. Other villages include Gjerøy, Jektvika, Kilboghamn, Melfjordbotn, Oldervika, Sørfjorden, and Tjong. The municipality consists of many islands to the west of Norway's second biggest glacier, Svartisen.

Nordland County (fylke) of Norway

Nordland is a county in Norway in the Northern Norway region, bordering Troms in the north, Trøndelag in the south, Norrbotten County in Sweden to the east, Västerbotten County to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The county was formerly known as Nordlandene amt. The county administration is in Bodø. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen has been administered from Nordland since 1995.

Norway constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe

Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe whose territory comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula; the remote island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard are also part of the Kingdom of Norway. The Antarctic Peter I Island and the sub-Antarctic Bouvet Island are dependent territories and thus not considered part of the kingdom. Norway also lays claim to a section of Antarctica known as Queen Maud Land.

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References

  1. "Oldervik, Rødøy (Nordland)". yr.no . Retrieved 2019-02-03.