Hellmobotn

Village in Hamarøy Municipality, Norway
Village in Northern Norway, Norway
67°48′51″N 16°30′58″E / 67.81406°N 16.51611°E / 67.81406; 16.51611CountryNorwayRegionNorthern NorwayCountyNordlandDistrictSaltenMunicipalityHamarøy MunicipalityElevation
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9 m (30 ft)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Post Code
8274 Musken

Hellmobotn (Norwegian) or Vuodnabahta (Lule Sami)[2] is a village located in Hamarøy Municipality in Nordland county Norway.[3][4] The Hellmofjorden is a fjord that runs through the valley,[5] it is an arm off of main Tysfjorden.[5][6] Hellmobotn is located at the narrowest part of Norway where the seawater in the fjord reaches to a point that is only about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from the national border with Sweden.

  • Hellmobotn seen from the fjord Credit: Helge Høifødt
    Hellmobotn seen from the fjord
    Credit: Helge Høifødt
  • Hellmofjorden and the plateau within Hellmobotn Credit: Helge Høifødt
    Hellmofjorden and the plateau within Hellmobotn
    Credit: Helge Høifødt

References

  1. ^ "Hellmobotn". yr.no. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
  2. ^ "Informasjon om stadnamn". Norgeskart (in Norwegian). Kartverket. Retrieved 2024-09-03.
  3. ^ "Fra Hellmobotn til Sverige". www.ut.no. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
  4. ^ Thorsnæs, Geir (2023-01-22). "Hellmobotn". Great Norwegian Encyclopedia (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2023-07-07.
  5. ^ a b Thorsnæs, Geir (2023-01-22), "Hellmofjorden", Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian), retrieved 2023-07-07, Den er 33 kilometer lang fra Ytter-Helland til Hellmobotn.
  6. ^ Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "The Laponian Area - Tysfjord, the fjord of Hellemobotn and Rago (extension)". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2023-07-07.


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