Loading article…
Skutvika or Skutvik[2] is a small village in Hamarøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village is situated at the southwestern extreme of the Hamarøya peninsula, about 90 kilometres (56 mi) north of the town of Bodø, 95 kilometres (59 mi) southwest of the town of Narvik, and 40 kilometres (25 mi) south of the town of Svolvær. To the west and south of Skutvik is the Økssundet, a sound connecting the Sagfjorden and Vestfjorden. The landscape in the immediate vicinity of the village is dominated by hills, while further north a row of mountains rises up to 950 metres (3,120 ft) above sea level.
The 0.27-square-kilometre (67-acre) village had a population (2000) of 201 and a population density of 744 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,930/sq mi). Since 2000, the population and area data for this village area has not been separately tracked by Statistics Norway.[3] In 2007, there were 212 residents in the village.[4] Skutvik has a grocery shop, cafeteria with accommodation, electronics business, school and kindergarten among other things. The main employer is Mainstream Norway with its salmon-processing plant. The name Skutvik(a) literally means "(the) ship cove".
スクトヴィクからのフェリーの2時間の船旅は、まずシュタイゲン山脈とハマロヤ半島の間を通り、その後ヴェストフィヨルドの広大な海を横断するという、変化に富んだ景観の中を進みます。晴れた日には、そこからロフォーテン諸島の山々全体を見渡すことができます。小さな島、スクロヴァ島に寄港する際には、フェリーは小島や岩礁の間を縫うように航行します。
