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Bakkasund
Sign in to saveBakkasund is a village in Austevoll Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the southeastern side of the island of Storakalsøy. The mountain Mjuken lies about north of the village. Storekalsøy Chapel is located in the village, serving the northwestern part of Austevoll Municipality. Prior to the opening of the Bakkasund Bridge (connecting this island to the neighboring Hundvåko island) in 1999, Bakkasund was the ferry port for the island of Storakalsøy, connecting it to several other islands in Austevoll Municipality.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Bakkasund is referenced by 8 other articles, and connects out to Norway, time zone and geographic coordinate system.
It sits within the topics Austevoll Municipality and Villages in Vestland.
Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Austevoll Municipality
- Elevation
- 1
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Image
- Johannes R Kalve 1909-2005 statue in Kalve.jpg
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- postal code
- 5385
- located in/on physical feature
- Storekalsøy
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Bakkasund is a village in Austevoll Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the southeastern side of the island of Storakalsøy. The mountain Mjuken lies about north of the village. Storekalsøy Chapel is located in the village, serving the northwestern part of Austevoll Municipality. Prior to the opening of the Bakkasund Bridge (connecting this island to the neighboring Hundvåko island) in 1999, Bakkasund was the ferry port for the island of Storakalsøy, connecting it to several other islands in Austevoll Municipality.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bakkasund” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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