Official Name: | Skarstein |
Other Name: | Skardstein |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Nordland#Norway |
Pushpin Label: | Skarstein |
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: | Andøy Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 8485 Dverberg |
Coordinates: | 69.2481°N 16.129°W |
Elevation M: | 7 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Skarstein[2] is a village in Andøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village is located along Norwegian County Road 82 on the northeastern part of the island of Andøya, along the Andfjorden. The village of Andenes lies about to the north, and the village of Fiskenes lies about to the northeast.
The village itself is named after a large rock near the local harbor, named Skarvesteinen, meaning "The Cormorant rock" in Norwegian. Its name is derived from the Cormorants that usually inhabit the rock's surface.