Official Name: | Vidrek |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Nordland#Norway |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Nordland |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Northern Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Nordland |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Ofoten |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Narvik |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 8520 Ankenesstrand |
Coordinates: | 68.3905°N 17.1416°W |
Elevation M: | 12 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Vidrek is a small village in Narvik Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village is located along the Ofotfjorden, just east of the Skjomen fjord. The population of the village is about 70.
On 10 April 1940, in the First Naval Battle of Narvik, the British flagship HMS Hardy was beached in flames on Vidrek, and about 30 seamen were killed.