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Location in Nordland | |
Geography | |
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Location | Nordland, Norway |
Coordinates | 66°34′12″N13°1′28″E / 66.57000°N 13.02444°E Coordinates: 66°34′12″N13°1′28″E / 66.57000°N 13.02444°E |
Area | 7.6 km2 (2.9 sq mi) |
Highest elevation | 267 m (876 ft) |
Highest point | Rangsundtinden |
Administration | |
Norway | |
County | Nordland |
Municipality | Rødøy |
Rangsundøya is an island in Rødøy municipality in Nordland county, Norway. Rangsundøya has an area of approximately 7.6 km² and the highest point is Rangsundtinden at 267 m.
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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.
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Sotra or Store Sotra is the name of a large island in Hordaland county, Norway, located just west of the city of Bergen. It is part of a pair of islands called Sotra that are part of a large archipelago stretching from Fedje southwards along the coast of Norway. The larger island of the two is Store Sotra, and the smaller of the two is Litlesotra. Roughly 30,500 people live on the two islands of Sotra.
Litle Sokumvatnet is a lake that lies in Gildeskål Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. Litle Sokumvatnet lies directly northeast of the larger lake Sokumvatnet. The lake serves as a reservoir for the Forså Hydroelectric Power Station.
Litlumvatnet (Norwegian), Lill-Uman (Swedish), or Jovsjaevrie (Southern Sami) is a lake on the border of Norway and Sweden. The Norwegian side lies in Rana Municipality in Nordland county and the Swedish side lies in Storuman Municipality in Västerbotten County. The lake lies about 40 kilometres (25 mi) southeast of the town of Mo i Rana. The lake is 5.24 square kilometres (2.02 sq mi) and about 1.8 square kilometres (0.69 sq mi) lies inside Norway and the rest lies in Sweden.
Sokumvatnet is a lake that lies in the municipality of Gildeskål in Nordland county, Norway. Sokumvatnet is located about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) southeast of the village of Inndyr. It lies just south of the lake Litle Sokumvatnet and northeast of the lake Langvatnet. The lake serves as a reservoir for the Sundsfjord Hydroelectric Power Station.
Solbjørnvatnet is a lake in Flakstad Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The 5.02-square-kilometre (1.94 sq mi) lake is located on the northern part of the island of Moskenesøya, less than 900 metres (3,000 ft) west of the European route E10 highway. The mountain Klokktinden lies on the southern shore of the lake.
Tonnes is a village in Lurøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the mainland coast, about 100 kilometres (62 mi) northwest of the town of Mo i Rana. It lies on a peninsula in the far northern edge of the municipality, to the north of the islands of Aldra and Lurøya, east of Storselsøya, and south of Rangsundøya.
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Litlesotra, or sometimes Lille Sotra, is an island in Fjell municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is part of the Sotra island group which makes up the southern part of a larger archipelago of islands from Fedje south through Øygarden. The 16.7-square-kilometre (6.4 sq mi) island has about 10,000 residents. The main settlement on the island is Straume. Other settlements include Knarrevik, Foldnes, and Brattholmen. The island is connected to the mainland via the Sotra Bridge. It is also connected to the large island of Sotra, via a series of bridges over the island of Bildøy.
Storselsøya is an island in Nordland county, Norway. The island is divided between two municipalities: Rødøy in the north and Lurøy in the south. The island of Nesøya lies to the west, the island of Lurøya lies to the south, and the mainland village of Tonnes lies to the east.
Dønna is the largest island in Dønna Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The 138-square-kilometre (53 sq mi) island lies off the west coast of the mainland of Helgeland, Norway. The islands of Løkta and Tomma lie northeast of the island, the islands of Vandve and Åsvær lie to the west, and the islands of Herøy and Alsta lie to the south.
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