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Andøya is the northernmost island in the Vesterålen archipelago, situated about inside the Arctic Circle.[1]

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  1. 31 relations: Andøy, Andøy Bridge, Andøya Air Station, Andøya Space, Andenes, Andfjorden, Archipelago, Arctic Circle, Barnacle goose, Bird migration, BirdLife International, Bleik, Bog, Eurasian curlew, Gavlfjorden, Hinnøya, Important Bird Area, Kvasstinden, List of islands of Norway by area, Nature reserve, Nordland, Norway, Norwegian Sea, Peat, Pink-footed goose, Ramsar site, Risøyhamn, Risøysundet, Rubus chamaemorus, Skogvollvatnet, Vesterålen.

  2. Andøy
  3. Important Bird Areas of Norway
  4. Vesterålen

Andøy

Andøy is the northernmost municipality in Nordland county, Norway. Andøya and Andøy are Vesterålen.

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Andøy Bridge

The Andøy Bridge (Andøybrua) is a cantilever road bridge that crosses the Risøysundet strait between the islands of Andøya and Hinnøya in Andøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. Andøya and Andøy Bridge are Andøy.

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Andøya Air Station

Andøya Air Station (Andøya Flystasjon) is a military air station in Andøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. Andøya and Andøya Air Station are Andøy.

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Andøya Space

Andøya Space, also named Andøya Space Center and formerly Andøya Rocket Range, is a rocket launch site, rocket range, and spaceport on Andøya island (the northernmost in the Vesterålen archipelago) in Andøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. Andøya and Andøya Space are Andøy.

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Andenes

is the administrative centre of Andøy Municipality which is located in the Vesterålen district of Nordland county, Norway. Andøya and Andenes are Andøy.

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Andfjorden

or is a fjord on the border of Nordland and Troms counties in Norway. Andøya and Andfjorden are Andøy and Vesterålen.

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Archipelago

An archipelago, sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster, or collection of islands, or sometimes a sea containing a small number of scattered islands.

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Arctic Circle

The Arctic Circle is one of the two polar circles, and the most northerly of the five major circles of latitude as shown on maps of Earth at about 66° 34' N. Its southern equivalent is the Antarctic Circle.

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Barnacle goose

The barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis) is a species of goose that belongs to the genus Branta of black geese, which contains species with largely black plumage, distinguishing them from the grey Anser species.

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Bird migration

Bird migration is a seasonal movement of birds between breeding and wintering grounds that occurs twice a year.

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BirdLife International

BirdLife International is a global partnership of non-governmental organizations that strives to conserve birds and their habitats.

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Bleik

Bleik is a fishing village in Andøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. Andøya and Bleik are Andøy.

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Bog

A bog or bogland is a wetland that accumulates peat as a deposit of dead plant materials often mosses, typically sphagnum moss.

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Eurasian curlew

The Eurasian curlew or common curlew (Numenius arquata) is a very large wader in the family Scolopacidae.

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Gavlfjorden

Gavlfjorden is a fjord (more accurately, a sound) in Nordland county, Norway. Andøya and Gavlfjorden are Andøy.

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Hinnøya

or is the fourth-largest island in Norway, and the largest outside the Svalbard archipelago. Andøya and Hinnøya are Andøy and Vesterålen.

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Important Bird Area

An Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA) is an area identified using an internationally agreed set of criteria as being globally important for the conservation of bird populations.

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Kvasstinden

Kvasstinden is the highest mountain on the island of Andøya in the Vesterålen archipelago in northern Norway. Andøya and Kvasstinden are Andøy.

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List of islands of Norway by area

The following is a list of islands of Norway by area.

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Nature reserve

A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, funga, or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for purposes of conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research.

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Nordland

Nordland (Nordlánnda, Nordlaante, Nordlánda, Northland) is one of the three northernmost counties in Norway in the Northern Norway region, bordering Troms in the north, Trøndelag in the south, Norrbotten County in Sweden to the east, Västerbotten County to the south-east, and the Atlantic Ocean (Norwegian Sea) to the west.

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Norway

Norway (Norge, Noreg), formally the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula.

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Norwegian Sea

The Norwegian Sea (Norskehavet; Noregshaf; Norskahavið) is a marginal sea, grouped with either the Atlantic Ocean or the Arctic Ocean, northwest of Norway between the North Sea and the Greenland Sea, adjoining the Barents Sea to the northeast.

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Peat

Peat is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation or organic matter.

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The pink-footed goose (Anser brachyrhynchus) is a goose which breeds in eastern Greenland, Iceland, Svalbard, and recently Novaya Zemlya.

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Ramsar site

A Ramsar site is a wetland site designated to be of international importance under the Ramsar Convention,.

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Risøyhamn

Risøyhamn is a village in Andøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. Andøya and Risøyhamn are Andøy.

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Risøysundet

Risøysundet is a strait between the islands of Andøya and Hinnøya in the Vesterålen archipelago in Norway. Andøya and Risøysundet are Andøy, Ramsar sites in Norway and Vesterålen.

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Rubus chamaemorus

Rubus chamaemorus is a species of flowering plant in the rose family Rosaceae, native to cool temperate regions, alpine and Arctic tundra and boreal forest.

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Skogvollvatnet

Skogvollvatnet is a lake in Andøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. Andøya and Skogvollvatnet are Andøy and Ramsar sites in Norway.

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Vesterålen

Vesterålen is a district and archipelago in Nordland county, Norway. Andøya and Vesterålen are Andøy.

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See also

Andøy

Important Bird Areas of Norway

Vesterålen

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andøya

Also known as Ánddásoulu.