Langøy is an
island
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in
Kragerø Municipality
Kragerø () is a municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the traditional districts of Grenland and the smaller Vestmar. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Kragerø. Villages in Kragerø include Hell ...
in
Telemark
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county,
Norway
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. The island is the second largest island in Kragerø after
Skåtøy. Its name, which means "Long island", reflects its shape only to some extent. It is located just north of the island of
Gumøy.
The island is populated, and there is a ferry, operated by
Kragerø Fjordbåtselskap, connecting the island to the
town of Kragerø. There are several old mines on the island that used to provide iron to the ironworks of
Fritzøe Jernverk and
Bærum Jernverk
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. The mining of iron began on Langøy at some point during the 17th century, and it continued until the middle of the 19th century. With the decline of ironworks in Norway in the 1860s, there was soon no market for iron, and the last of the mines at Langøy had to shut down in 1869.
The highest point on the island is the tall Langøybratten, followed by the tall Skarheia.
References
Kragerø
Islands of Telemark
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