Guvåg is a
village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
in
Bø Municipality in
Nordland
Nordland (; , , , ) is one of the three northernmost Counties of Norway, counties 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 t ...
county,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...
. The village is located on the shore of
Eidsfjord between the mouth of
Jørnfjorden
Jørnfjorden is a fjord in Bø Municipality (Nordland), Bø Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The long fjord is an arm of Eidsfjorden (Nordland), Eidsfjorden, cutting into the large island of Langøya in the Vesterålen archipelago. The ...
to the east and
Hellfjorden to the west. Many
skerries
A skerry is a small rocky island, usually defined to be too small for habitation.
Skerry, skerries, or The Skerries may also refer to:
Geography
Northern Ireland
*Skerries, County Armagh, a List of townlands in County Armagh#S, townland in Coun ...
lie in the sea near Guvåg. Ørntuva Hill () rises immediately north of Guvåg, with the Breitinden Plateau () rising beyond that.
Norwegian County Road 913
County Road 913 (, also known as ''Guvågveien'' / "the Guvåg road") is a road in Bø Municipality (Nordland), Bø Municipality in Nordland County, Norway. It starts in the village of Rottåsen, where it branches off from Norwegian County R ...
, which terminates in Guvåg, runs north from the village, connecting it to other settlements on the island of
Langøya
Langøya is the third largest island of Norway (outside of Svalbard), with an area of . The island is a part of the Vesterålen archipelago in Nordland county, Norway. The island includes Bø Municipality and Øksnes Municipality as well as pa ...
.
References
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Bø, Nordland
Villages in Nordland