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Vegaøyan

Islands and Archipelagos

Vegaoyan, known in English as the Vega Archipelago, is a group of about 6,500 small islands in the Norwegian Sea in Nordland county, Norway, mostly within Vega Municipality and lying just south of the Arctic Circle. The archipelago surrounds the main island of Vega, has been inhabited since the Stone Age, and has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2004; its other larger islands include Igeroya, Ylvingen and Sola. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Protected Status
UNESCO World Heritage Site 1
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Oceanography, Disciplines
Source Vegaoyan (Wikipedia)
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Norway

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1. Vegaoyan (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    Vegaøyan (Norwegian) or the Vega Archipelago (English) is a group of islands in the Norwegian Sea in Nordland county, Norway.
  • Lead section
    Since 2004, the archipelago has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This cluster of around 6,500 small islands just south of the Arctic Circle, surrounds the main island of Vega and has been inhabited since the Stone Age.
  • In Discipline: Oceanography, Lead section (in-discipline Oceanography)
    Vegaøyan (Norwegian) or the Vega Archipelago (English) is a group of islands in the Norwegian Sea in Nordland county, Norway.
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Wikidata: Vegaoyan
Wikidata Q829084, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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