Flakstadøya
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Flakstadøya is an island in Lofoten
Lofoten
Lofoten is an archipelago and a traditional district in the county of Nordland, Norway. Though lying within the Arctic Circle, the archipelago experiences one of the world's largest elevated temperature anomalies relative to its high latitude.-Etymology:...

 in Nordland
Nordland
is a county in Norway in the North Norway region, bordering Troms in the north, Nord-Trøndelag in the south, Norrbottens län in Sweden to the east, Västerbottens län to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The county was formerly known as Nordlandene amt. The county administration is...

 county, Norway. It is located in Flakstad
Flakstad
Flakstad is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Lofoten traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ramberg...

 municipality.

The island is connected to Moskenesøya
Moskenesøya
Moskenesøya is an island in Lofoten in Nordland county of Norway. The island consists of an agglomeration of glaciated hills with the highest peak at . It is elongated from south-west to north east, is about 40 km long and 10 km wide, and has a very uneven shoreline...

 in the west by Kåkern Bridge
Kåkern Bridge
Kåkern Bridge is a cantilever road bridge that crosses Kåkernsundet between Flakstadøya and Moskenesøya in Nordland county, Norway. It is 303 metres long....

, and to Vestvågøya through the undersea tunnel Nappstraumtunnelen.

The administrative centre of the municipality is Ramberg, other settlements include Fredvang, Nusfjord, Sund, Vikten and Napp.
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