Ågskardet
Encyclopedia
Ågskardet is a small village at the southern side of the Skarsfjorden fjord
in Meløy
municipality in Nordland
, Norway
. There were 134 inhabitants in 2007.
The village lies close to Norwegian national road 17 (coastal road), with communications to Forøy and the rest of Meløy municipality by ferry. The village goes up to the border of the Rødøy
municipality in the south. The village has its own school, church and community centre and some private companies.
Fjord
Geologically, a fjord is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created in a valley carved by glacial activity.-Formation:A fjord is formed when a glacier cuts a U-shaped valley by abrasion of the surrounding bedrock. Glacial melting is accompanied by rebound of Earth's crust as the ice...
in Meløy
Meløy
Meløy is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Salten traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ørnes, while Glomfjord is only slightly smaller. Meløy was separated from the municipality of Rødøy on 1 January 1884.The municipality...
municipality in Nordland
Nordland
is a county in Norway in the North Norway region, bordering Troms in the north, Nord-Trøndelag in the south, Norrbottens län in Sweden to the east, Västerbottens län to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The county was formerly known as Nordlandene amt. The county administration is...
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. There were 134 inhabitants in 2007.
The village lies close to Norwegian national road 17 (coastal road), with communications to Forøy and the rest of Meløy municipality by ferry. The village goes up to the border of the Rødøy
Rødøy
Rødøy is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Vågaholmen. The municipality consists of islands outside Norway's second biggest glacier, Svartisen.Rødøy was established as a...
municipality in the south. The village has its own school, church and community centre and some private companies.