Værlandet is an

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Askvoll Municipality is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is located in the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Sunnfjord. The administrative centre is the Askvoll (village), village of Askv ...

Vestland Vestland is a Counties of Norway, county in Norway. The county is located in Western Norway, and its administrative centre is Bergen, where the executive and political leadership is based. The County governor (Norway), County Governor is based in ...

county,

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. The island lies immediately east of the

Bulandet Bulandet is an archipelago in the sea off the mainland coast of Western Norway. The island group is part of Askvoll Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It sits about west of the mainland coast of Askvoll. The islands of Værlandet and ...

island group. The island of

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lies about northeast of Værlandet. The island lies about west of the mainland coast of Askvoll, and it is only accessible by boat. There is a regular ferry route connecting Værlandet to the mainland village of

Askvoll is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sunnfjord. The administrative centre is the village of Askvoll. Other villages in the municipality include Holmedal, Kvammen, and Stongfjorden. The ...

. There is a series of bridges that connect Værlandet to the islands of Bulandet to the west.

Værlandet Chapel Værlandet Chapel () is a chapel of the Church of Norway in Askvoll Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located on the island of Værlandet. It is one of three annex chapels in the Askvoll parish which is part of the Sunnfjord prosti (d ...

is located on the island. In 2001, there were about 200 residents on the islands. The Værlandet LORAN-C transmitter was located on the island, but demolished on 19 Sep 2017.

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Islands of Vestland Askvoll {{Vestland-island-stub

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