Rangsundøya or Rangsundøy is an

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Rødøy Municipality Rødøy is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Vågaholmen. Other villages include Gjerøy, Jektvika, Kilboghamn, Melfjor ...

Nordland Nordland (; smj, Nordlánnda, sma, Nordlaante, sme, Nordlánda, en, Northland) is a county in Norway in the Northern Norway region, the least populous of all 11 counties, bordering Troms og Finnmark in the north, Trøndelag in the south, ...

county,

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. The island of Rangsundøya is located off the

Helgeland Helgeland is the most southerly district in Northern Norway. Generally speaking, Helgeland refers to the part of Nordland county that is located south of the Arctic Circle. It is bordered in the north by the Saltfjellet mountains and Svart ...

coast in a large group of islands. The island of Gjerdøya lies to the north, Storselsøya lies to the southwest,

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to the northeast, and the mainland is to the south and east. The highest point on the island is the tall mountain Rangsundtinden.

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Islands of Nordland Rødøy {{Nordland-island-stub

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