🏛️ Vega Archipelago

Norway · Europe · Cultural · 63.10°N, 11.90°E

Vegaøyan (Norwegian) or the Vega Archipelago (English) is a group of islands in the Norwegian Sea in Nordland county, Norway. The archipelago is mostly located in Vega Municipality. Since 2004, the archipelago has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This cluster of around 6,500 small islands just south of the Arctic Circle, surrounds the main island of Vega and has been inhabited since the Stone Age. Other larger islands in the group include Igerøya, Ylvingen, and Søla.

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Quick facts

Country	Norway
Continent / region	Europe
List type	🏛️ Cultural heritage site
Coordinates (approx.)	63.10°N, 11.90°E · view on map

Vega Archipelago is a cultural World Heritage site in Norway, in Europe. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Vega Archipelago was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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