Stamsund, Norway
Bain, Jack (1966) Stamsund, Norway. [Image]
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Abstract
Jack and Isabel Bain from Brisbane, Queensland, Australia did a round the world post retirement trip in 1966.
Stamsund is a fishing village in Vestvågøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the southern side of the island of Vestvågøy in the Lofoten archipelago, along the Vestfjorden. The village is located about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) east of the town of Leknes. The 1.06-square-kilometre (260-acre) village has a population (2018) of 1,092 which gives the village a population density of 1,030 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,700/sq mi).[1] Historically, the village was the administrative centre of Hol Municipality from 1919 until 1963. (Wikipedia)
Additional Information
| Item Type: | Image | ||||
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| Source Media: | 35 mm slide | ||||
| Collection: | Bain/O'Gorman | ||||
| Sub-Collection Title: | Around the world in 1966 - Norway |
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| Date: | September 1966 | ||||
| Keywords: | Stamsund - Norway | ||||
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| Date Deposited: | 12 Oct 2023 01:58 | ||||
| Last Modified: | 12 Oct 2023 02:00 | ||||
| Copyright Owner: | Queensland University of Technology | ||||
| Copyright Statement: | You are free to use this image without permission. Please attribute Queensland University of Technology | ||||
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| Location | 68.1301, 13.8493 | ||||
| URI: | https://digitalcollections.qut.edu.au/id/eprint/7429 | ||||
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