Bognes
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Bognes is a ferry port in the Tysfjord
municipality
in Nordland
county, Norway
. It lies at the outer part of Tysfjorden
on the west side of the fjord. Ferries operate from Bognes across Tysfjord to Skarberget on the E6 road, and over Vestfjord
to Lødingen
on the R85 road.
Tysfjord
Tysfjord or Divtasvuodna is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Ofoten traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Kjøpsvik...
municipality
Municipalities of Norway
Norway is divided into 19 administrative regions, called counties , and 430 municipalities...
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...
county, 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...
. It lies at the outer part of Tysfjorden
Tysfjorden
Tysfjorden is a fjord in Tysfjord municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The fjord stretches southwards from Korsnes on the Ofoten fjord....
on the west side of the fjord. Ferries operate from Bognes across Tysfjord to Skarberget on the E6 road, and over Vestfjord
Vestfjord
Vestfjord is a Norwegian fjord, which would be described as a firth or an open bight of sea between the Lofoten archipelago and mainland Norway, northwest of Bodø...
to Lødingen
Lødingen
Lødingen is a village and municipality in Nordland in Northern Norway. Lødingen is located on the southeastern corner of the island Hinnøya, and is part of the Ofoten traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Lødingen.Lødingen was established as a...
on the R85 road.