Hinnøya

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Hinnøya
Sigerfjord on the west side of Hinnøya
Sigerfjord on the west side of Hinnøya
Waters European Arctic Ocean
Archipelago Lofoten and Vesterålen
Geographical location 68 ° 32 '  N , 15 ° 50'  E Coordinates: 68 ° 32 '  N , 15 ° 50'  E
Location of Hinnøya
length 52 km
width 45 km
surface 2 204.7  km²
Highest elevation Møysalen
1262  moh.
Residents 31,851
14 inhabitants / km²
main place Harstad
Hinnøyas southeast in April
Hinnøyas southeast in April

With an area of ​​2,204 km², Hinnøya is the largest island off the coast of Norway . With the exception of the Spitzbergen archipelago , it is the largest Norwegian island. Hinnøya is inhabited, in addition to the largest settlement Harstad there are a few smaller villages. It is one of the most populous islands in Norway.

The place Digermulen at the southern end of the island exerted a strong attraction on Kaiser Wilhelm II . He traveled here several times from 1890 and climbed the Digermulenkollen mountain top, which offers a great view of the Vestfjord and the Raftsund . He's building a varde here . The mountain top has been called Keiservarden since then. Numerous German tourists followed in his footsteps.

geography

The island in the Northern European Sea is divided by several fjords , and two particularly long fjords , the Gullesfjord in the northeast and the Øksfjord in the southwest, cut it almost in two parts: only 5 km separate their ends. The landscape is mountainous. In the south of the island is Møysalen , its highest mountain at 1,262 m. The agricultural use is concentrated in the north-east around Harstad and Kvæfjord .

The connection to the mainland is made by the 1007 m long Tjeldsund Bridge over the Tjeldsund . In the west, the Sortland Bridge leads to the neighboring island of Langøya and in the north the Andøy Bridge leads to the island of Andøya . All three islands belong geographically to the Vesterålen archipelago .

Political division

About half of Hinnøya is in Fylke Troms og Finnmark ( Harstad and Kvæfjord ) and half in Nordland ( Andøy , Hadsel , Lødingen , Sortland and Tjeldsund ). The West of Hinnøya is the archipelago of Vesterålen attributed the southwestern tip is considered part of Lofoten , because they previously only accessible by boat from Svolvær was accessed from.

literature

  • Paul Güßfeldt: Kaiser Wilhelm II. Travels to Norway, Berlin, 1892, pp. 316-320

Web links

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