Moskenesøya
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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 the strongest in the world, is located between Moskenesøya's Lofoten Point and the island of Mosken.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Moskenesøya
- Islands.image_name
- Norway - Lofoten.PNG
- Islands.image_caption
- Location in Norway
- Islands.location
- Nordland, Norway
- Islands.archipelago
- Lofoten
- Islands.area_km2
- 186
- Islands.length_km
- 40
- Islands.width_km
- 10
- Islands.elevation_m
- 1029
- Islands.highest_mount
- Hermannsdalstinden
- 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
- Flakstad Municipality, Moskenes Municipality
- Islands.population
- 1,263
- Islands.density_km2
- 6.8
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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 the strongest in the world, is located between Moskenesøya's Lofoten Point and the island of Mosken.
==Geography== The island consists of an agglomeration of glaciated hills with the highest peak being the Hermannsdalstinden mountain. It is elongated from southwest to northeast and it is about long and wide. It also has a very uneven shoreline. The island is connected to the nearby island of Flakstadøya by the Kåkern Bridge which is part of the European route E10 which ends on the Moskenesøya island at the village of Å.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Moskenesøya” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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