Description island SandhornøyaThe inhabited fairly large island of Sandhornøya is part of (the island group) and is located in the country of , Northern Europe. The distance to the mainland is, quite close about 0.3 km. The surface-area of the island is 101.4 km2 and is therefore 0.267 x times greater than the island of Isle of Wight. The island lies in the and the total coastal length is about 111.8 km and the dimensions of the island are approximately 21.9 km by 11 km (maximum width). The island is West - East oriented. The coordinates (latitude, longitude) of the island (center) for GPS are 67.11 (67°6'28.2312), 14.17 (14°10'0.7842).The population is 0 and the population density is thus on 0.00 inhabitants per square kilometer (compared Isle of Wight 364 inhabitants / km²). The island is located in the of the country . It is located in the administrative unit (local administrative level-name ), in the (local administrative level-name ). Direct neighboring islands of Sandhornøya are (distance from central part island to central part of the neighboring islands): 1) Fugløya Located 6.4 km SouthSouthWest of the island. 2) Landegode Located 19.4 km East of the island. 3) Meløya Located 32.1 km SouthWest of the island. 4) Åmnøya Located 39.8 km SouthWest of the island. 5) Værøy Located 79.3 km SouthEast of the island. 6) Nesøya Located 80 km SouthWest of the island. 7) Lurøya Located 82.9 km SouthWest of the island. 8) Engeløya Located 84.9 km EastNorthEast of the island. 9) Mosken Located 85.3 km SouthEast of the island. 10) Moskenesøya Located 90.2 km SouthEast of the island. 11) Røst Located 92 km SouthSouthEast of the island. 12) Lundøya Located 94 km EastNorthEast of the island. 13) Tomma Located 98 km SouthWest of the island. 14) Flakstadøya Located 98.9 km EastSouthEast of the island. 15) Vestvågøya Located 101 km EastSouthEast of the island. 16) Husøya Located 106.3 km SouthWest of the island. 17) Austvågøy Located 108.1 km East of the island. 18) Løkta Located 111 km SouthWest of the island. 19) Dønna Located 111.7 km SouthWest of the island. 20) Gimsøya Located 118 km East of the island. 21) Alsta Located 121.1 km WestSouthWest of the island. 22) Hinnøya Located 126.7 km EastNorthEast of the island. 23) Hadseløya Located 145.5 km East of the island. 24) Tjeldøya Located 153.7 km EastNorthEast of the island. 25) Langøya Located 156.4 km East of the island. The source material on the island consists of rocky surface. The land use on the island of Sandhornøya consists of Sand - Rock 4.7 km2 (5%), wood 33.4 km2 (33%), nature 54.9 km2 (54%), wet nature 0.9 km2 (1%), and agriculture 6.7 km2 (7%), To return to the overview page of this island click on the following link: Overview island Sandhornøya |
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