Långön is an island in the northwest of the Swedish sector of the
Bay of Bothnia
The Bothnian Bay or Bay of Bothnia (; ) is the northernmost part of the Gulf of Bothnia, which is in turn the northern part of the Baltic Sea. The land holding the bay is Post-glacial rebound, still rising after the weight of ice-age glaciers ha ...
, in the
Luleå archipelago
The Luleå archipelago ( or ''Lule skärgård'') is a group of Swedish islands in the north part of the Bay of Bothnia. They lie offshore from the city of Luleå and the mouth of the Lule River. A few of the islands have small permanent populatio ...
.
Description
Långön is a relatively large island in the Luleå archipelago, with an area of . It lies to the north of
Stor-Brändön and west of
Mjoön.
It has a fine sandy beach on the north shore, but the beach is exposed to the weather. The land has gently rolling hills, the highest being Storberget on the north side at . The island is mostly tree-covered, with some scattered bogs of different sizes and one shallow lake. As of 2008 there were five permanent residents on the island. There were 18 houses, mostly summer cabins.
Access
Boats can land on the beach. There is a private harbor that can be used by visitors to the residents of the island. In winter the island can be accessed via an
ice road, the longest in Sweden at .
It runs from Hindersöstallarna on the mainland to the islands of
Hindersön
Hindersön is an island in the northwest of the Swedish sector of the Bay of Bothnia, in the Luleå archipelago.
Location
Hindersön is one of the largest of the islands in the Luleå Archipelago. It is about east of central Luleå. The island ...
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Stor-Brändön and Långön.
Normally the road is open from January to April. Vehicle weight restrictions apply.
Ploughing of the section leading into Långön is funded privately.
In the winter there is a groomed and marked snowmobile trail between Långön and
Småskär to the east.
The "magic strait" between Långön and Hindersön was dredged to a depth of in 2012 to allow faster access from
Luleå
Luleå ( , , locally ; ; ) is a Cities in Sweden, city on the coast of northern Sweden, and the County Administrative Boards of Sweden, capital of Norrbotten County, the northernmost county in Sweden. Luleå has 48,728 inhabitants in its urban ...
to the islands of the outer archipelago for sailboats and large tour boats.
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Swedish islands in the Baltic
Islands of Norrbotten County
Luleå Municipality