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Sleipnes Destination Guide

Discover Sleipnes in Norway

Sleipnes in the region of Nordland is a place located in Norway - some 478 mi or ( 769 km ) North of Oslo , the country's capital .

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Local time in Sleipnes is now 03:10 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Oslo " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on your mobility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Östersund, Vaernes, Trondheim, Sortland, and Sandnessjoen. When in this area, you might want to check out Östersund . Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Sleipnes ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

HMS Syrtis (P241)

HMS Syrtis was an S class submarine of the Royal Navy, and part of the Third Group built of that class. She was built by Cammell Laird and launched on March 23, 1943. So far she has been the only ship to bear the name Syrtis, the Latin name for the Gulf of Gabes in the Mediterranean Sea. She served in home waters, and left Lerwick on March 16, 1944 to patrol off the Norwegian coast. On March 20 she was ordered to an area near Bodø. Two days later she sank the steamer Narvik with gunfire.

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Located at 66.75 13.18 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: 1943 ships, British S-class submarines (1931), Maritime incidents in 1944, Mersey-built ships, World War II shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean, World War II submarines of the United Kingdom

Åmnøya

Åmnøya is an island in the municipality of Meløy in Nordland county, Norway. The island lies west of the mainland, east of Bolga, and south of Meløya. The island is connected to the mainland by a series of small bridges over several small islands between Åmnøya and the village of Engavågen on the mainland. The island is very mountainous, the highest of which is the 648-metre Risnestinden.

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Located at 66.77 13.34 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Islands of Nordland, Meløy

Tjongsfjorden

Tjongsfjorden is a fjord in the municipality of Rødøy in Nordland county, Norway. The 17-kilometre long fjord begins just west of the Svartisen glacier and flows west and flows into the Rødøyfjorden, just east of the island of Rødøya. The mountain Blokktinden lies on the southern shore of the fjord. The villages of Tjong and Vågaholmen lie along the northern shore of the fjord. Norwegian County Road 17 runs along the inner part of the fjord.

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Located at 66.68 13.25 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Fjords of Nordland, Rødøy

Bolga

Bolga is a populated island, just off of the Helgeland coast, in the municipality of Meløy in Nordland county, Norway. The 2.4-square-kilometre island has a population (2005) of 141. It is located west of the islands of Meløya and Åmnøya. The highest point on the island is the 339-metre tall Bolgtinden. Most of the population of the island lives along the eastern shore.

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Located at 66.81 13.23 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Islands of Nordland, Meløy, Populated places of Arctic Norway, Villages in Nordland

Tjongsfjorden Church

Tjongsfjorden Church is a parish church in the municipality of Rødøy in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Tjong. The church is part of the Rødøy indre parish in the Nord-Helgeland deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The wooden church was built in 1962 and it seats about 280 people.

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Located at 66.69 13.44 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Churches in Nordland, Rødøy