Skutvika

Skutvika
Skutvik
Village

View of the village, ferry port, and "Old-Skutvik"
Skutvika

Location in Nordland

Coordinates: 68°01′00″N 15°19′39″E / 68.01667°N 15.32750°E / 68.01667; 15.32750Coordinates: 68°01′00″N 15°19′39″E / 68.01667°N 15.32750°E / 68.01667; 15.32750
Country Norway
Region Northern Norway
County Nordland
District Salten
Municipality Hamarøy
Elevation[1] 14 m (46 ft)
Time zone CET (UTC+01:00)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+02:00)
Post Code 8290 Skutvik

Skutvika or Skutvik is a small village in the municipality of Hamarøy in Nordland county, Norway. The village is situated at the southwestern extreme of the Hamarøya peninsula, about 90 kilometres (56 mi) north of Bodø, 95 kilometres (59 mi) southwest of Narvik, and 40 kilometres (25 mi) south of Svolvær. To the west and south of Skutvik is the Økssundet, a sound connecting the Sagfjorden and Vestfjorden. The landscape in the immediate vicinity of the village is dominated by hills, while further north a row of mountains rises up to 950 metres (3,120 ft) above sea level.

Økssundet merges with Vestfjord at Øksnesodden

There were 212 inhabitants in Skutvik in 2011.[2] Skutvik has a grocery shop, cafeteria with accommodation, electronics business, school and kindergarten among other things. The main employer is Mainstream Norway with its salmon-processing plant. The name Skutvik(a) literally means "(the) ship cove".

Transportation

The ferry Vågan approaching Skutvik

The two-hour ferry ride from Skutvik goes through a varied landscape, first between the mountains of Steigen and the Hamarøya peninsula, and then the crossing of the open ocean of the Vestfjorden, that on a clear day provides the view over the entire Lofoten mountain range. To call at the tiny island of Skrova, the ferry goes between islets and rocks.

Tourist attractions

Hamarøyskaftet

Accommodations

References

  1. "Skutvik" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 2012-05-04.
  2. Statistics Norway: StatBank 02.01.10 (Population by age, sex, marital status and foreign citizenship) 04317 Statistical unit 18490112

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