Flakstadøya is an island in the

Lofoten Lofoten ( , ; ; ) is an archipelago and a Districts of Norway, traditional district in the county of Nordland, Norway. Lofoten has distinctive scenery with dramatic mountains and peaks, open sea and sheltered bays, beaches, and untouched lands. T ...

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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,

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. The entire island lies within Flakstad Municipality with the Vestfjorden on the east side of the island and the

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on the west side of the island.

Geography

The island is connected to the neighboring island of

Moskenesøya Moskenesøya () is an island at the southern end of the Lofoten archipelago in Nordland county, Norway. The island is shared between Moskenes Municipality and Flakstad Municipality. The tidal whirlpool system known as Moskstraumen, one of th ...

(to the south and west) by the Kåkern Bridge and Fredvang Bridges. It is connected to the island of Vestvågøya (to the northeast) through the undersea Nappstraum Tunnel. The

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highway crosses the island and connecting to the neighboring islands. There are several villages on the island including the

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of the municipality, Ramberg, and others such as Fredvang, Nusfjord, Sund, Vikten, and Napp.

Gallery

File:Nusfjord road, 2010 09.jpg, A mountain massif of Flakstadøya island backgrounding the road to Nusfjord village. File:Stabben, Stortinden & Moltinden, 2010 September.JPG, The eastfaces of Stabben, Stortinden and Moltinden in the island of Flakstadøya File:Vue de Sund (Flakstad).jpg, View of the village of Sund Nusfjord-26-Landhandel-2019-gje.jpg, Store in Nusfjord Nusfjord-58-Hafen-2019-gje.jpg, Port of Nusfjord

References

External links

* Flakstad Lofoten {{Nordland-island-stub