The Vikosen Nature Reserve ( no, Vikosen naturreservat) is located in the municipality of Sortland 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.''Vikosen naturreservat''. Map and description of the nature reserve.
/ref> The nature reserve includes a shallow water area in the inlet Vikosen and a wide zone of shoreline above it. The reserve has an area of , of which is land and is sea.Mijlø-direktoratet: Vikosen.
/ref>Markslagsstatistikk. Vikosen naturreservat.
/ref> The area is protected in order to safeguard an important wetland area with natural flora and fauna, especially for its function as a nationally significant area used by the pink-footed goose during migration. It offers the geese a much-needed gathering and resting point during their strenuous spring migration. County Road 956 passes through the village of Vik along the northwest shore of the reserve, and County Road 820 to Sortland runs along the southwest shore.

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''Vikosen naturreservat''. Map and description of the nature reserve.

Miljødirektoratet. 2016. ''Vikosen naturreservat. Sortland kommune, Nordland fylke''. 1:8,000 map of the nature reserve.

Lofoten og Vesterålen jordskifterett. 2009. ''Vikosen naturreservat. Sortland kommune. Nordland''. 1:2,500 map of the nature reserve.
Nature reserves in Norway Protected areas of Nordland Sortland Protected areas established in 2000