Vesterålen

archipelago and district in Norway
Place archipelago Q935795
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Vesterålen

Summary

Vesterålen is an archipelago[1]. Vesterålen has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Vesterålen is located in Nordland[3].
  • Vesterålen is located in Bø Municipality[4].
  • Vesterålen is located in Øksnes[5].
  • Vesterålen is in the country of Norway[6].
  • Vesterålen's instance of is recorded as archipelago[7].
  • Vesterålen's instance of is recorded as geographic location[8].
  • Vesterålen's Commons category is recorded as Vesterålen[9].
  • Vesterålen comprises Langøya[10].
  • Vesterålen's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 68.695833333333, 'lon': 15.413055555556}[11].
  • Vesterålen's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 69.1, 'lon': 15.71666667}[12].
  • Vesterålen's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 69, 'lon': 14.95}[13].
  • Vesterålen's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Vesterålen[14].
  • Vesterålen's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15].
  • Vesterålen's demonym is recorded as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'vesteråling'}[16].
  • Vesterålen's demonym is recorded as {'lang': 'nn', 'text': 'vesteråling'}[17].
  • Vesterålen's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'Vesterålen'}[18].
  • Vesterålen's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'nn', 'text': 'Vesterålen'}[19].
  • Vesterålen's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'se', 'text': 'Viestterálas'}[20].

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Geography

Vesterålen is in the country of Norway[6]. Located in include Nordland[3], a county of Norway[21], in Norway[22]; Bø Municipality[4], a municipality of Norway[23], in Norway[24], founded in 1837[25]; and Øksnes[5], a municipality of Norway[26], in Norway[27], founded in 1837[28].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include archipelago[7] and geographic location[8].

Why It Matters

Vesterålen has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Vesterålen is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . sprakradet.no. Retrieved . sprakradet.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . sprakradet.no. Retrieved . sprakradet.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 22d ago · Bergenga · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location {'lat': 68.695833333333, 'lon': 15.413055555556}, {'lat': 69.1, 'lon': 15.71666667}, {'lat': 69, 'lon': 14.95}
    Has parts
    Described by source Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    Has part(s) Langøya
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q379158]]"
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