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Ulvøysund (Norway)
Coordinates: 58°06′49″N8°12′36″E / 58.1137°N 08.2101°E / 58.1137; 08.2101 Coordinates: 58°06′49″N8°12′36″E / 58.1137°N 08.2101°E / 58.1137; 08.2101
Country Norway
Region Southern Norway
County Aust-Agder
Municipality Lillesand
Elevation [1] 1 m (3 ft)
Time zone CET (UTC+01:00)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+02:00)
Post Code4770 Høvåg

Ulvøysund is a village and an outport in the municipality of Lillesand in Aust-Agder county, Norway. The village lies on the east side of the Kvåsefjorden on the island of Ulvøya. Just northeast of Ulvøysund is the entrance to the Blindleia inland waterway which leads towards the town of Lillesand. The village is connected to the mainland by road. The nearby village of Ribe lies about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) straight north of Ulvøysund. The village was historically used as an outport along the Skaggerak coast for the large ships that couldn't navigate inland through the archipelago to the towns on the mainland.

Outport is the name given in the United Kingdom for a subsidiary port built in deeper water than the original port. The Port of Tilbury from the Port of London is a good example. Avonmouth for Bristol and, on a smaller and now historical scale, Fordwich for Canterbury are others.

Lillesand Municipality in Aust-Agder, Norway

Lillesand (help·info) is municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Sørlandet. The administrative center of the municipality is the town of Lillesand. Some of the larger villages in Lillesand municipality include Åkerøyhamn, Brekkestø, Gamle Hellesund, Helldal, Høvåg, Ribe, Skottevik, Trøe, Ulvøysund, and Vesterhus.

Aust-Agder County (fylke) of Norway

Aust-Agder is one of 18 counties (fylker) in Norway, bordering Telemark, Rogaland, and Vest-Agder counties. In 2002, there were 102,945 inhabitants, which is 2.2% of the total population in Norway. Its area is 9,212 square kilometres (3,557 sq mi). The administrative center of the county is the town of Arendal.

History

The oldest sign of activity in Ulvøysund, is an old shipwreck on the approach of Kvåsefjorden. It was archaeologically investigated in 2011 by the Norwegian Maritime Museum, and a piece of a reindeer antler from the finding was later Carbon-14 dated to the period between the years 1020-1030. [2] [3]

Norwegian Maritime Museum maritime museum

The Norwegian Maritime Museum is located at Bygdøynesveien on the Bygdøy peninsula, on the western side of Oslo, Norway. The Norwegian Maritime Museum is situated near several other museums, including the Fram Museum; the Kon-Tiki Museum; the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History; and the Viking Ship Museum. The Norwegian Maritime Museum is operated in conjunction with Norwegian Folk Museum.

Reindeer A species of mammals belonging to the deer, muntjac, roe deer, and moose family of ruminants

The reindeer, also known as the caribou in North America, is a species of deer with circumpolar distribution, native to Arctic, sub-Arctic, tundra, boreal, and mountainous regions of northern Europe, Siberia, and North America. This includes both sedentary and migratory populations. Rangifer herd size varies greatly in different geographic regions. The Taimyr herd of migrating Siberian tundra reindeer in Russia is the largest wild reindeer herd in the world, varying between 400,000 and 1,000,000. What was once the second largest herd is the migratory boreal woodland caribou George River herd in Canada, with former variations between 28,000 and 385,000. As of January 2018, there are fewer than 9,000 animals estimated to be left in the George River herd, as reported by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The New York Times reported in April 2018 of the disappearance of the only herd of southern mountain caribou in the lower 48 states, with an expert calling it "functionally extinct" after the herd's size dwindled to a mere three animals.

Antler on top of (usually male) deer

Antlers are extensions of an animal's skull found in members of the deer family. They are true bone and are a single structure. They are generally found only on males, with the exception of the caribou. Antlers are shed and regrown each year and function primarily as objects of sexual attraction and as weapons in fights between males for control of harems.

In the Middle Ages, Ulvøysund had a permanent population. During the 14th century a bishop from Bergen wrote a letter (that still exists today) saying that he was stuck in Ulvøysund due to the weather. A compass rose carved into the rock on the island of Ulvøya is possibly from the 15th century. The outport is mentioned on Dutch maps from the 16th century as Wolfsondt. Ulvøysund's oldest house still standing and it is used as a guest house. The house's oldest parts are probably from the 17th century. [4] [5]

Middle Ages Period of European history from the 5th through the 15th centuries

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages lasted from the 5th to the 15th century. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and merged into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery. The Middle Ages is the middle period of the three traditional divisions of Western history: classical antiquity, the medieval period, and the modern period. The medieval period is itself subdivided into the Early, High, and Late Middle Ages.

A bishop is an ordained, consecrated, or appointed member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight.

Bergen City and municipality in Western Norway, Norway

Bergen, historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Hordaland on the west coast of Norway. At the end of the first quarter of 2018, the municipality's population was 280,216, and the Bergen metropolitan region has about 420,000 inhabitants. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers 465 square kilometres (180 sq mi) and is on the peninsula of Bergenshalvøyen. The city centre and northern neighbourhoods are on Byfjorden, 'the city fjord', and the city is surrounded by mountains; Bergen is known as the 'city of seven mountains'. Many of the extra-municipal suburbs are on islands. Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland, and consists of eight boroughs: Arna, Bergenhus, Fana, Fyllingsdalen, Laksevåg, Ytrebygda, Årstad, and Åsane.

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Justøy island in Norway

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Gamle Hellesund Outport (Village) in Southern Norway, Norway

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Tromøy Church Church in Aust-Agder, Norway

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Lillesand (town) Town in Southern Norway, Norway

Lillesand is the administrative centre of Lillesand municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway. The town is located along the Skaggerak coast, about 18 kilometres (11 mi) southwest of the town of Grimstad and about 25 kilometres (16 mi) northeast of the city of Kristiansand. The 5.03-square-kilometre (1,240-acre) town has a population (2016) of 7,530 which gives the town a population density of 1,497 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,880/sq mi).

Justøy Chapel Church in Aust-Agder, Norway

Justøy Chapel is a chapel in Lillesand municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway. It is located just north of the village of Brekkestø on the island of Justøya. The chapel is part of the Lillesand parish in the Vest-Nedenes deanery in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, wooden chapel was built in 1884. The chapel seats about 150 people. The chapel was consecrated as an official chapel on 15 August 1902 by the Bishop Johan Christian Heuch.

References

  1. ↑ "Ulvøysund, Lillesand (Aust-Agder)". yr.no . Retrieved 2017-09-04.
  2. ↑ "Skipsvrak med omsettelig ballast: på sporet av kvernstein, kleber og brynehandelen fra Norge ca. 800–1800" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Norwegian Maritime Museum . Retrieved 2015-06-10.
  3. ↑ Garseg, Kai (2011-06-27). "Norges eldste skipsvrak funnet?" . Retrieved 2017-09-04.
  4. ↑ Nilsen, Øystein (1982). Om gamle hus og folk i Ulvøysund (in Norwegian). Ulvøysund: Høvåg historielag og Ulvøysund velforening. p. 3.
  5. ↑ "Ulvøysund 1 / Havneområde" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage . Retrieved 2017-09-04.
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