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Island in Norway
Vestvagøya
or
Vest-Vagøy
is an island in the
Lofoten
archipelago
in
Nordland
county, Norway. The island is located within
Vestvagøy Municipality
. The island lies between the islands of
Austvagøya
and
Gimsøya
to the northeast and
Flakstadøya
to the southwest. There are also several small islands and skerries surrounding the island. Vestvagøya makes up over 97% of the municipal area and about 99% of the inhabitants of the municipality live on the island. The
European route E10
highway crosses the island connecting to Flakstadøya by the
Nappstraum Tunnel
and to Gimsøya by the
Sundklakkstraumen Bridge
.
[1]
Eggum, northern part of the island
The middle part of the island is relatively flat and
marshy
, while the outer parts in the north and south are mountainous. The highest point on the island is the 964-metre (3,163 ft) tall mountain
Himmeltindan
. The flat parts of the island are largely agricultural land. There is one town on the island (
Leknes
) and several large villages on the island including
Stamsund
,
Ballstad
, and
Gravdal
.
In Vestvagøya mountains have steep slopes towards the open sea in the northwest and southeast while slopes pointing towards the interior of the island are more gentle. This is the result of
erosion
acting on a landscape that has been uplifted along southwest-northwest-trending
faults
in the margins of Lofoten while the interior axis has remained more stable.
[2]
Stamsund in May
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