Official Name: | Gravermarka |
Other Name: | Gravermark |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Nordland#Norway |
Pushpin Label: | Gravermarka |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Northern Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Nordland |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Lofoten |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Vågan Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 8313 Kleppstad |
Coordinates: | 68.2997°N 14.3199°W |
Elevation M: | 12 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Gravermarka[2] is a small village in Vågan Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the western side of the island of Austvågøya in the Lofoten archipelago. The village of Sydalen lies about southeast of the village.
Gravermarka has a population of about 60 inhabitants. The village has been a documented settlement since the 1600s, but it probably goes back to the Viking Age. Three Viking graves have been found in the village. There are two farms and a local shop in the village. There has been plans to restore the local fishery that has been out of business for 20 years for some sort of industry. The majority of the population work in the nearby town of Svolvær.