Åkrehamn or Åkrahamn (commonly known as simply Åkra) is a small town in Karmøy municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The town is located on the west side of the island of Karmøy in the traditional district of Haugaland. The town sits about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) west of the town of Kopervik, about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) north of the town of Skudeneshavn, and about 25 kilometres (16 mi) southwest of the town of Haugesund.
Population: 5,018
Latitude: 59° 15' 37.91" N
Longitude: 5° 11' 12.80" E
Haugesund Airport, Karmøy (Norwegian: Haugesund lufthavn, Karmøy; IATA: HAU, ICAO: ENHD) is an international airport serving Haugesund, Norway. It is located on the peninsula of Hauganes in Karmøy. The airport features a 2,120-meter (6,960 ft) runwa…
Kopervik is the largest town on the island of Karmøy in the county of Rogaland, Norway and is the administrative centre of the municipality of Karmøy. The town of Kopervik has 8,192 inhabitants whilst the municipality as a whole has around 40 000 in…
Skudeneshavn (also known as Skudeneshamn or Skudenes, the name of the parish in which it is located) is a village on the southernmost tip of the island of Karmøy in Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Haugaland.
Haugesund Stadion is a soccer-specific stadium in Haugesund, Norway.
USS Zeppelin was a passenger liner launched in 1914 as SS Zeppelin by Bremer Vulkan, Bremen-Vegesack, Germany, for Norddeutscher Lloyd (NDL). Due to the First World War she never entered NDL service.
Karmsund is a strait dividing the island of Karmøy and the town of Haugesund (in addition to nearby mainland and some minor islands) in western Norway.
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Åkra is a former municipality of the traditional district of Haugaland in Rogaland county, Norway. Åkrehamn is the official name of Åkra. Locally the name is Haugalandet under Åkra.
Visnes is a community near Haugesund on the island of Karmøy, in the county of Rogaland on the west coast of Norway.
Sandve is a village in Karmøy municipality, Norway. It is located north of the town of Skudeneshavn and faces the Atlantic Ocean to the west.
Eike is a village in the municipality of Karmøy, Norway.
Røvær is a small island in the county of Rogaland, Norway, and belongs to Haugesund municipality. It has about one hundred permanent residents, as well as seasonal residents and visitors who rent vacation homes, stay at the hostel (Røvær Sjøhus) or …
Karmsund Bridge (in Norwegian Karmsund bru) over the Karmsund strait links Karmøy island in Rogaland to the Norwegian mainland.
Feøy is a small island in the county of Rogaland, Norway.
Ferkingstad is a village in the county of Rogaland, Norway within the municipality of Karmøy.
Vormedal is a village south of Haugesund, Rogaland, Norway.
Vibrandsøy is an island which is part of the Haugesund municipality in Rogaland, Norway. The island lies west of the densely built-up Hasseløy. The island is now used as a recreational area. The island was part of the Torvastad municipality until 19…
Veavågen is a Norwegian village with 2728 inhabitants, by the 1. of January 2009(source: http://www.karmoy.kommune.no/om-kommunen/demografi), living in about 900 households. It is situated between Åkrehamn and Kopervik in the municipality of Karmøy,…