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Vågsfjorden
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<p>On the large islands around <a href="ssr:18763" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="68.86621" data-lng="16.90295" data-municipality="Harstad - Hárstták" data-type="Fjord">Vågsfjorden</a>, there are several high and steep mountain formations. <a href="ssr:322213" data-county="Finnmark - Finnmárku - Finmarkku" data-lat="69.74389" data-lng="30.44019" data-municipality="Sør-Varanger" data-type="Øy i sjø">Hinnøya</a> is forested all the way to the top, while on <a href="ssr:503523" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="68.92217" data-lng="16.46286" data-municipality="Harstad - Hárstták" data-type="Øy i sjø">Grytøya</a>, <a href="ssr:18872" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="68.82371" data-lng="17.00352" data-municipality="Ibestad" data-type="Øy i sjø">Rolla</a> and <a href="ssr:627246" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="68.86403" data-lng="17.42664" data-municipality="Ibestad" data-type="Øy i sjø">Andørja</a> bare mountain peaks rise above forested hills. <a href="ssr:685110" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="69.04125" data-lng="17.13668" data-municipality="Senja" data-type="Halvøy i sjø">Stonglandet</a> is relatively low with an even rise toward its summit at 302 m and stands in sharp contrast to the bare, jagged peaks further out toward <a href="ssr:381035" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="69.33193" data-lng="17.62273" data-municipality="Senja" data-type="Øy i sjø">Senja</a>. <a href="ssr:443117" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="69.02849" data-lng="16.89692" data-municipality="Senja" data-type="Øy i sjø">Lemmingvær</a> consists of low islets and skerries. The northern and southern points of <a href="ssr:18872" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="68.82371" data-lng="17.00352" data-municipality="Ibestad" data-type="Øy i sjø">Rolla</a> are also low. There is considerable settlement and cultivated land along the shoreline.</p>
<p>In <a href="ssr:18763" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="68.86621" data-lng="16.90295" data-municipality="Harstad - Hárstták" data-type="Fjord">Vågsfjorden</a>, the current usually sets southward with rising tide and northward with falling tide. It changes direction at high and low water. During spring tides, it can reach speeds of up to 1 knot in some places.</p>
<p>After passing <a href="ssr:748032" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="68.63154" data-lng="16.58979" data-municipality="Dielddanuorri - Tjeldsund" data-type="Fyrlykt">Langkvitneset</a> light, continue northward in the white sector of the <a href="ssr:80097" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="68.67288" data-lng="16.62617" data-municipality="Harstad - Hárstták" data-type="Holme i sjø">Grasholmen</a> light. The transit of <a href="ssr:202147" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="68.56659" data-lng="16.46601" data-municipality="Harstad - Hárstták" data-type="Berg">Hårberget</a> aligned with the southernmost of the <a href="ssr:445026" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="68.63516" data-lng="16.57717" data-municipality="Harstad - Hárstták" data-type="Holme i sjø">Leikvikholman</a> leads between the shoals at the northern end of <a href="ssr:445169" data-county="Nordland" data-lat="68.5227" data-lng="16.17213" data-municipality="Lødingen" data-type="Sund i sjø">Tjeldsundet</a> and clear east of <a href="ssr:80097" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="68.67288" data-lng="16.62617" data-municipality="Harstad - Hárstták" data-type="Holme i sjø">Grasholmen</a>.</p>
<p>Once <a href="ssr:80097" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="68.67288" data-lng="16.62617" data-municipality="Harstad - Hárstták" data-type="Holme i sjø">Grasholmen</a> has been passed, keep the gap between <a href="ssr:202147" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="68.56659" data-lng="16.46601" data-municipality="Harstad - Hárstták" data-type="Berg">Hårberget</a> and <a href="ssr:748032" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="68.63154" data-lng="16.58979" data-municipality="Dielddanuorri - Tjeldsund" data-type="Fyrlykt">Langkvitneset</a> light directly astern, steering a course midway between <a href="ssr:321055" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="69.03221" data-lng="17.11145" data-municipality="Senja" data-type="Fjell">Stangnesfjellet</a> and <a href="ssr:867116" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="69.02336" data-lng="17.22354" data-municipality="Senja" data-type="Nes i sjø">Gåsneset</a> (<a href="ssr:746074" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="69.0287" data-lng="17.23034" data-municipality="Senja" data-type="Fyrlykt">Lekangsneset</a>). From abeam of <a href="ssr:940773" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="68.75731" data-lng="16.80334" data-municipality="Ibestad" data-type="Fyrlykt">Rollnesboen</a>, steer for the middle of <a href="ssr:746074" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="69.0287" data-lng="17.23034" data-municipality="Senja" data-type="Fyrlykt">Lekangsneset</a> with <a href="ssr:445046" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="68.63742" data-lng="16.55777" data-municipality="Harstad - Hárstták" data-type="Ås">Leikvikfjellet</a> (the high western edge of <a href="ssr:445169" data-county="Nordland" data-lat="68.5227" data-lng="16.17213" data-municipality="Lødingen" data-type="Sund i sjø">Tjeldsundet</a>) directly astern.</p>
<p>With <a href="ssr:260837" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="68.74718" data-lng="16.50305" data-municipality="Harstad - Hárstták" data-type="Fjell">Hinnstein</a> inside <a href="ssr:685899" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="68.70589" data-lng="16.57496" data-municipality="Harstad - Hárstták" data-type="Ås">Storforra</a>, you are clear east of <a href="ssr:870167" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="68.68895" data-lng="16.60432" data-municipality="Harstad - Hárstták" data-type="Grunne i sjø">Tjørholmgrunnen</a>, 7 m. The transit of <a href="ssr:139859" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="68.70699" data-lng="16.46463" data-municipality="Harstad - Hárstták" data-type="Haug">Nattmålsnuten</a> aligned with <a href="ssr:264068" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="68.82234" data-lng="16.95046" data-municipality="Ibestad" data-type="Nes i sjø">Mulen</a> leads safely north of <a href="ssr:870167" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="68.68895" data-lng="16.60432" data-municipality="Harstad - Hárstták" data-type="Grunne i sjø">Tjørholmgrunnen</a>. <a href="ssr:260837" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="68.74718" data-lng="16.50305" data-municipality="Harstad - Hárstták" data-type="Fjell">Hinnstein</a>, 560 m, is a prominent mountain, apparently the highest in the hinterland. <a href="ssr:685899" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="68.70589" data-lng="16.57496" data-municipality="Harstad - Hárstták" data-type="Ås">Storforra</a> is a forested mountain hill, the highest in this area.</p>
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<p>På de store øyene rundt <a href="ssr:18763" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="68.86621" data-lng="16.90295" data-municipality="Harstad - Hárstták" data-type="Fjord">Vågsfjorden</a> er det flere høye og bratte fjellformasjoner. <a href="ssr:322213" data-county="Finnmark - Finnmárku - Finmarkku" data-lat="69.74389" data-lng="30.44019" data-municipality="Sør-Varanger" data-type="Øy i sjø">Hinnøya</a> er skogkledd helt til topps, ellers kan man se nakne fjelltopper over skogkledde åser på <a href="ssr:503523" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="68.92217" data-lng="16.46286" data-municipality="Harstad - Hárstták" data-type="Øy i sjø">Grytøya</a>, <a href="ssr:18872" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="68.82371" data-lng="17.00352" data-municipality="Ibestad" data-type="Øy i sjø">Rolla</a> og <a href="ssr:627246" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="68.86403" data-lng="17.42664" data-municipality="Ibestad" data-type="Øy i sjø">Andørja</a>. <a href="ssr:685110" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="69.04125" data-lng="17.13668" data-municipality="Senja" data-type="Halvøy i sjø">Stonglandet</a> er forholdsvis lavt med jevn stigning mot toppen, 302 m, og står i sterk kontrast til de nakne, takkete toppene utover mot <a href="ssr:381035" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="69.33193" data-lng="17.62273" data-municipality="Senja" data-type="Øy i sjø">Senja</a>. <a href="ssr:443117" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="69.02849" data-lng="16.89692" data-municipality="Senja" data-type="Øy i sjø">Lemmingvær</a> består av lave holmer og skjær. N‑ og S‑pynten av <a href="ssr:18872" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="68.82371" data-lng="17.00352" data-municipality="Ibestad" data-type="Øy i sjø">Rolla</a> er også lav. Det er atskillig bebyggelse og dyrket mark langs sjøen.</p>
<p>I <a href="ssr:18763" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="68.86621" data-lng="16.90295" data-municipality="Harstad - Hárstták" data-type="Fjord">Vågsfjorden</a>kan vinden være svært variabel. Det kan hende at det er E‑lig storm i fjordene på fastlandet, mens det er W‑lig vind i innløpene fra havet. I <a href="ssr:18763" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="68.86621" data-lng="16.90295" data-municipality="Harstad - Hárstták" data-type="Fjord">Vågsfjorden</a> setter strømmen som regel S‑over med stigende og N‑over med fallende vann. Den skifter ved flo og fjære. Ved spring skal den på enkelte steder kunne gå med opptil 1 knops fart.</p>
<p>Når <a href="ssr:748032" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="68.63154" data-lng="16.58979" data-municipality="Dielddanuorri - Tjeldsund" data-type="Fyrlykt">Langkvitneset</a> lykt er passert, styres videre N‑over i hvit sektor av <a href="ssr:80097" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="68.67288" data-lng="16.62617" data-municipality="Harstad - Hárstták" data-type="Holme i sjø">Grasholmen</a> lykt. Medet <a href="ssr:202147" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="68.56659" data-lng="16.46601" data-municipality="Harstad - Hárstták" data-type="Berg">Hårberget</a> over den S‑ligste av <a href="ssr:445026" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="68.63516" data-lng="16.57717" data-municipality="Harstad - Hárstták" data-type="Holme i sjø">Leikvikholman</a> fører mellom grunnene N‑ligst i <a href="ssr:445169" data-county="Nordland" data-lat="68.5227" data-lng="16.17213" data-municipality="Lødingen" data-type="Sund i sjø">Tjeldsundet</a> og fri E om <a href="ssr:80097" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="68.67288" data-lng="16.62617" data-municipality="Harstad - Hárstták" data-type="Holme i sjø">Grasholmen</a>.</p>
<p>Når <a href="ssr:80097" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="68.67288" data-lng="16.62617" data-municipality="Harstad - Hárstták" data-type="Holme i sjø">Grasholmen</a> er passert, holdes skardet mellom <a href="ssr:202147" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="68.56659" data-lng="16.46601" data-municipality="Harstad - Hárstták" data-type="Berg">Hårberget</a> og <a href="ssr:748032" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="68.63154" data-lng="16.58979" data-municipality="Dielddanuorri - Tjeldsund" data-type="Fyrlykt">Langkvitneset</a> lykt rett akter med kurs midt mellom <a href="ssr:321055" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="69.03221" data-lng="17.11145" data-municipality="Senja" data-type="Fjell">Stangnesfjellet</a> og <a href="ssr:867116" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="69.02336" data-lng="17.22354" data-municipality="Senja" data-type="Nes i sjø">Gåsneset</a> (<a href="ssr:746074" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="69.0287" data-lng="17.23034" data-municipality="Senja" data-type="Fyrlykt">Lekangsneset</a>). Fra tvers av <a href="ssr:940773" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="68.75731" data-lng="16.80334" data-municipality="Ibestad" data-type="Fyrlykt">Rollnesboen</a> settes kursen midt i <a href="ssr:746074" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="69.0287" data-lng="17.23034" data-municipality="Senja" data-type="Fyrlykt">Lekangsneset</a> med <a href="ssr:445046" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="68.63742" data-lng="16.55777" data-municipality="Harstad - Hárstták" data-type="Ås">Leikvikfjellet</a> (høye W‑kant av <a href="ssr:445169" data-county="Nordland" data-lat="68.5227" data-lng="16.17213" data-municipality="Lødingen" data-type="Sund i sjø">Tjeldsundet</a>) rett akter.</p>
<p>Med <a href="ssr:260837" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="68.74718" data-lng="16.50305" data-municipality="Harstad - Hárstták" data-type="Fjell">Hinnstein</a> innenfor Storforra er man fri E om <a href="ssr:870167" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="68.68895" data-lng="16.60432" data-municipality="Harstad - Hárstták" data-type="Grunne i sjø">Tjørholmgrunnen</a>, 7 m, og <a href="ssr:139859" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="68.70699" data-lng="16.46463" data-municipality="Harstad - Hárstták" data-type="Haug">Nattmålsnuten</a> overett med <a href="ssr:264068" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="68.82234" data-lng="16.95046" data-municipality="Ibestad" data-type="Nes i sjø">Mulen</a> leder fri N om <a href="ssr:870167" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="68.68895" data-lng="16.60432" data-municipality="Harstad - Hárstták" data-type="Grunne i sjø">Tjørholmgrunnen</a>. <a href="ssr:260837" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="68.74718" data-lng="16.50305" data-municipality="Harstad - Hárstták" data-type="Fjell">Hinnstein</a>, 560 m, er et temmelig markert fjell, tilsynelatende det høyeste i baklandet. <a href="ssr:685899" data-county="Troms - Romsa - Tromssa" data-lat="68.70589" data-lng="16.57496" data-municipality="Harstad - Hárstták" data-type="Ås">Storforra</a> er en skogkledd fjellkolle, den høyeste i dette strøket.</p>
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