Langøya
Sign in to saveLangøya is the third largest island of Norway (outside of Svalbard), with an area of . The island is a part of the Vesterålen archipelago in Nordland county, Norway. The island includes Bø Municipality and Øksnes Municipality as well as parts of Sortland Municipality and Hadsel Municipality.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- LangøyaLangøy
- Islands.location
- Nordland, Norway
- Islands.archipelago
- Vesterålen
- Islands.area_km2
- 850.2
- Islands.rank
- 3rd largest in Norway
- Islands.length_km
- 50
- Islands.width_km
- 40
- Islands.elevation_m
- 763
- Islands.highest_mount
- Snøkolla
- Islands.country
- Norway
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title
- County
- Islands.country_admin_divisions
- Nordland
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_1
- Municipalities
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_1
- Bø, Hadsel, Sortland, and Øksnes
- Islands.population
- 15,791
- Islands.population_as_of
- 2016
- Islands.density_km2
- 18.6
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Langøya is the third largest island of Norway (outside of Svalbard), with an area of . The island is a part of the Vesterålen archipelago in Nordland county, Norway. The island includes Bø Municipality and Øksnes Municipality as well as parts of Sortland Municipality and Hadsel Municipality.
==Geography== thumb|left|View towards Hallartinden, 530 m ASL, southern Langøya thumb|left|Alsvåg in [[Øksnes Municipality]] Langøya is mountainous, with mountains reaching above sea level, the highest is the tall Snykolla. There are also lowland near the coasts around the island, and in some valleys, some of it is bogs. The treeline is around above sea level on Langøya.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Langøya” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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