Moskenes is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The municipality comprises the southern part of the island of Moskenesøya in the traditional district of Lofoten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Reine. Other villages include Sørvågen, Hamnøy, and Å.
View of Reine in Moskenes
Lillian Hansen, 2012
Near Å, Moskenes
Fiskebåter ved Reine; by Gunnar Berg.
Nordland is a county in Norway in the Northern Norway region, bordering Troms in the north, Trøndelag in the south, Norrbotten County in Sweden to the east, Västerbotten County to the south-east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The county was formerly known as Nordlandene amt. The county administration is in the town of Bodø. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen has been administered from Nordland since 1995. In the southern part of the county is Vega, listed on the UNESCO World Heritage Site list.
Ballstad in Lofoten
Autumn near Trollfjord in Hadsel. Nordland is home to innumerable fjords and fjord branches.
The majority of the population is located at the Strandflaten lowland. Berg in Sømna.
The largest rivers follow the longest inland valleys. Ranelva at the confluence with Langvassåga, Rana.
