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Encyclopedia > Andenes

Andenes is a small town in the the municipality Andøy in the county of Nordland, Norway, and had 5,549 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties (fylker, singular - fylke), and 433 municipalities (kommuner). ... County Nordland Landscape Vesterålen Municipality NO-1871 Administrative centre Andenes Mayor (2005) Jonni Helge Solsvik (H) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 169 656 km² 616 km² 0. ... Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties (fylker, singular - fylke, until 1918 known as amter, singular - amt), and 433 municipalities (kommuner). ... Nordland is a county in Norway, bordering Troms and Nord-Trøndelag. ... The Kingdom of Norway is a Nordic country on the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, bordering Sweden, Finland and Russia, with territorial waters bordering Danish and British waters. ...

Contents
1 History
2 Position
3 Media, culture and entertainment
4 Well-known people
5 External links

History

The town of Andenes has been an important fishing village since the iron age, and today it is the starting point of whale safaris to see the sperm whales off the island that migrate here in the Summer. Iron Age Axe found on Gotland This article is about the archaeological period known as the Iron Age, for the mythological Iron Age see Iron Age (mythology). ... Genera Kogia Physeter The sperm whale family or simply the sperm whales is the collective name given to three species of whale, the Sperm Whale, the Pygmy Sperm Whale and the Dwarf Sperm Whale. ...


Position

The city lies 300 km north of the Arctic Circle and the midnight sun is visible from May 19 to July 25. The sun is below the horizon from November 25 to January 28. Arctic Circle - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... The midnight sun at Nordkapp, Norway The midnight sun is a phenomenon, occurring in latitudes north of the arctic circle and south of the antarctic circle, where the sun is visible during at least 24 hours. ... May 19 is the 139th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (140th in leap years). ... July 25 is the 206th day (207th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 159 days remaining. ... November 25 is the 329th (in leap years the 330th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... January 28 is the 28th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...


Media, culture and entertainment

The local newspaper is named "Andøyposten" (http://www.andoyposten.no).


Hosts the annual "Rock mot Rus" (http://www.rockmotrus.no) (Rock against drugs) festival, where young people perform their own rock music.


Well-known people

External links

  • Official site (http://www.andoy.net/)
  • Web-cam of Andenes harbour (http://www.andoy.net/index.php?side=/vis.php%3Ffil%3Dwebkamera/webkamera.htm/)
  • Official site of Whalesafari (http://www.whalesafari.com/)

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Andenes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (447 words)
Andenes is a small town in the municipality/commune of Andøy in the county of Nordland, Norway, and had 5,549 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002.
Andenes is the northernmost settlement of the island Andøya and Nordland county.
Andenes seats the mayor of Andøy and acts as the municipal centre.
Sperm whale research in northern Norway (1158 words)
Andenes is the only place in the world where intensive photo-ID studies have been consistently carried out over a period of years on an adult male sperm whale population, and we are naturally keen to continue this opportunity for research.
In the highest latitudes, such as Andenes, we are, therefore, likely to observe mostly the large mature males (20 - 35 year olds) who are feeding intensively and increasing in size until they are ready to migrate south to the mating grounds.
Whale watching at Andenes has been growing rapidly, with nearly 14,500 visitors in 1998, and the question has inevitably arisen as to whether the increasing attention might constitute a disturbance to the whales’ natural behaviour.
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