Guvåg Explained

Official Name:Guvåg
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Nordland#Norway
Pushpin Label:Guvåg
Pushpin Label Position:left
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Norway
Subdivision Name1:Northern Norway
Subdivision Name2:Nordland
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Vesterålen
Subdivision Type4:Municipality
Subdivision Name4:Bø Municipality
Utc Offset1:+01:00
Utc Offset1 Dst:+02:00
Postal Code Type:Post Code
Postal Code:8475 Straumsjøen
Coordinates:68.6643°N 14.7585°W
Elevation M:6
Elevation Footnotes:[1]

Guvåg[2] is a village in Bø Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village is located on the shore of Eidsfjord between the mouth of Jørnfjorden to the east and Hellfjorden to the west. Many skerries lie in the sea near Guvåg. Ørntuva Hill (247m (810feet)) rises immediately north of Guvåg, with the Breitinden Plateau (598m (1,962feet)) rising beyond that.[3] [4]

Norwegian County Road 913, which terminates in Guvåg, runs north from the village, connecting it to other settlements on the island of Langøya.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Guvåg, Bø (Nordland). yr.no. 2018-12-29.
  2. Web site: Informasjon om stadnamn. Norgeskart. Kartverket. no. 2024-08-15.
  3. Book: Kostial. Andrea. Tobias. Kostial. 2016. Lofoten und Vesteralen. 50 Touren im Reich der Mitternachtssonne. Munich. Bergverlag Rother. 156–157. German.
  4. Web site: Norgeskart. Norwegian. 2017-02-06.
  5. Web site: Vegliste 2016: Fylkes- og kommunale veger. Nordland. 2016. Norwegian. Bodø. Statens vegvesen Region nord. 30. https://web.archive.org/web/20170308192247/http://www.vegvesen.no/_attachment/1571367/binary/1139174?fast_title=Nordland+-+vegliste+fylkes-+og+kommunale+veger+oktober+2016.pdf . 2017-03-08 .