Støttvær is a group of islands in
Meløy Municipality
Meløy is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Nordland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Salten Districts of Norway, traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ørnes. ...
in
Nordland
Nordland (; smj, Nordlánnda, sma, Nordlaante, sme, Nordlánda, en, Northland) is a county in Norway in the Northern Norway region, the least populous of all 11 counties, bordering Troms og Finnmark in the north, Trøndelag in the south, N ...
county,
Norway. The islands lie about northwest of the mainland village of
Reipå
Reipå is a village in the municipality of Meløy in Nordland county, Norway. It is located along Norwegian County Road 17 about north of the village of Ørnes. The lakes Lysvatnet and Markavatnet both lie to the east of the village. Fore Chu ...
. The main islands of Støttvær include the Svenningen, the Innerstøtt, and the Helløya. There are also many other uninhabited smaller islands and skerries surrounding the main islands. Innerstøtt and Svenningen are inhabited and they are connected to each other by bridges. There were 27 residents in Støttvær in 2017. There is a car ferry from Innerstøtt to the mainland village of Ørnes. The two inhabited islands are also referred to as the village of Støtt.
The Støttværet
nature reserve includes the island of Helløya and a number of smaller islands, islets and skerries that encircle the three inhabited islands in the archipelago in the north, west, and southwest.
See also
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List of islands of Norway
References
Meløy
Islands of Nordland
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