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Sør-Gjæslingan
Sør-Gjæslingan is an archipelago in Nærøysund Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The island group is located in at the entrance to the Folda fjord, about to the southwest of the town of Rørvik and about to the southeast of the Nordøyan islands. Sør-Gjæslingan includes about 80 small islands, islets, and skerries. The largest of which are Heimværet, Flatholmen, Kalholmen, Nakken, Sæternesholmen, Sørenskjær, Lyngnesholmen, Store Langøy, and Lille Langøy. The Gjæslingan Lighthouse is located on the small islet of Haraldsøykråka. History Sør-Gjæslingan was previously the largest fishing village on the Namdalen coast during the cod fishing season. The fishing village has now been abandoned since the 1970s. The fishing village is now protected and is under the jurisdiction of the museum ''Museet Midt''. The site has a memorial stone to fishermen who died in storms while fishing: 210 fishermen in 1625 and 31 in 1906. Sør-Gjæslingan was known as a major ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rørvik
Rørvik is a List of towns and cities in Norway, town and administrative centre in Nærøysund Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is on the eastern side of the Vikna archipelago on the island of Inner-Vikna. The town has a population (2024) of 3,743 and a population density of . There are several museums in Rørvik. The Norwegian Coastal Museum, with its center for coastal culture and vessel protection, is located here. The critically acclaimed museum building ''Norveg'' was designed by the architect Guðmundur Jónsson. Rørvik is also home to the Ytre Namdal Upper Secondary School, Ytre Namdal Vocational School for maritime education and the Safety Center Rørvik which offers safety training for seafarers. Old Rørvik church from 1896 burned to the ground in 2012, and new Rørvik Church, designed by the architectural firm Pir2, was consecrated on 22 December 2019. There is a hotel (Kysthotellet) and an apartment hotel (Rørvik rorbuer) in Rørvik. Prior to 2020, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gjæslingan Lighthouse
Gjæslingan Lighthouse () is a coastal lighthouse in Nærøysund Municipality in Trøndelag, Norway. It was established in 1877, was reinforced in 1961 and automated in 1987. Gjæslingan lighthouse stands on the Haraldsøykråka islet which is part of the Sør-Gjæslingan island group on the north side of the Folda, Trøndelag, Foldafjord. The white building consists of a high red iron tower on a stone base. The white light flashes once every ten seconds, and it can be seen for about . The lighthouse also emits a "G" Racon signal. See also *Lighthouses in Norway *List of lighthouses in Norway References External links Norsk Fyrhistorisk Forening Lighthouses completed in 1877 Lighthouses in Trøndelag Nærøysund Vikna 1877 establishments in Norway {{Norway-lighthouse-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |