Bleik is a

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Andøy Municipality Andøy is the northernmost municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Vesterålen archipelago. The main island in the municipality is Andøya. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Andenes. Other village ...

in Nordland county,

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. The village is located on the northwestern part of the island of

Andøya Andøya is the northernmost island in the Vesterålen archipelago, situated about inside the Arctic circle. Andøya is located in Andøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The main population centres on the island include the villages of ...

, about southwest of the village of

Andenes is the administrative centre of Andøy Municipality which is located in the Vesterålen district of Nordland county, Norway. The village of Andenes is the northernmost settlement of the island of Andøya (and in Nordland county). To the east ...

. The village has a population (2018) of 461 which gives the village a

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of .

The triangle-shaped island off the coast is called

Bleiksøya Bleiksøya or Bleiksøy is a small (15 ha) uninhabited island and nature reserve in near the fishing village of Bleik on the island of Andøya in Andøy Municipality of Nordland county in Arctic northern Norway Norway, officially ...

. This island is the biggest resort of puffins in all of Norway. The lake

Bleiksvatnet Bleiksvatnet is a lake in Andøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The lake is located just south of the village of Bleik on the island of Andøya Andøya is the northernmost island in the Vesterålen archipelago, situated about in ...

lies just south of the village. Bleik has one of the longest beaches in Norway, and it is said that the beach is the reason for the village's name. The beach is white, and ''bleik'' is a word for white/pale in the

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. In the village, there is a horse barn, a school, and a grocery store. Tourist information, puffin safari, a camping site and a pub are also available. Bleik is also known for naming the Bleik Canyon, which starts about 15 km offshore from the beach of Bleik in the Norwegian Sea. Bleik Canyon is a very deep canyon with depths up to 3.000 m and is the residence of whales and Giant squid. It is a popular hotspot for whale safaris because of the presence of Sperm whales.

Notable residents

* Lasse Nilsen, footballer for

Tromsø Tromsø (, , ; se, Romsa ; fkv, Tromssa; sv, Tromsö) is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Tromsø (city), city of Tromsø. Tromsø lies ...

References

Villages in Nordland Populated places in Nordland Andøy Populated places of Arctic Norway Beaches of Norway {{nordland-geo-stub