Mellom-Vikna is the smallest of the three major

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s in the municipality of

Nærøysund Nærøysund is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Namdalen. The municipality was established on 1 January 2020 after the merger of the old municipalities of Vikna and Nærøy. The municipali ...

Trøndelag Trøndelag (; sma, Trööndelage) is a county in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County ( no, Trondhjems Amt); in 1804 the county was split into Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag by the King of Denmar ...

county,

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. The island is the site of

Vikna Wind Farm Vikna Wind Farm ( no, Vikna vindmøllepark) was a former wind farm located on Husfjellet, just west of the village of Garstad on the island Mellom-Vikna in the municipality of Nærøysund in Trøndelag county, Norway. The wind farm consisted of fi ...

near

Garstad Garstad is a village in the municipality of Nærøysund in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located on the island of Mellom-Vikna, about west of the municipal centre, Rørvik Rørvik is a port town and administrative centre in the municipality ...

. The island is the middle island of the three main islands, hence its name which means "middle-Vikna". The

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connects the three islands to the mainland via the

Nærøysund Bridge The Nærøysund Bridge ( no, Nærøysund bru) is a suspension bridge that crosses the Nærøysundet strait between the islands of Marøya and Nærøysund in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located about south of the village of Rørvik. Togeth ...

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Islands of Trøndelag Nærøysund Vikna {{Trøndelag-geo-stub

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