| Nyke/Tussen Nature Reserve | |
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| Nyke/Tussen naturreservat | |
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| Location | Vesterålen, Norway |
| Nearest city | Nykvåg and Hovden |
| Coordinates | 68°47′33.9″N 14°30′49.3″E / 68.792750°N 14.513694°E |
| Area | 168.9 ha (417 acres) |
| Established | 2002 |
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The Nyke/Tussen Nature Reserve (Norwegian: Nyke/Tussen naturreservat) is located in Bø Municipality in Nordland county, Norway.[1]
The nature reserve lies north of the Nykvåg/Nykan Nature Reserve and south of the Frugga Nature Reserve, and it includes a pebble beach between the villages of Nykvåg and Hovden. The reserve covers an area of 168.9 hectares (417 acres), of which 132.8 hectares (328 acres) is sea.[1][2][3] The area is protected in order to safeguard one of the largest and geomorphologically best-formed pebble beaches in Nordland.[1] The nature reserve was established on December 6, 2002.[1][4]
- ^ a b c d "Nyke/Tussen" (in Norwegian). Mijlø-direktoratet.
- ^ "Nykvåg/Nykan, Nyke/Tussen og Frugga" (PDF) (in Norwegian).
- ^ "Markslagsstatistikk" (PDF). Nyke/Tussen naturreservat (in Norwegian).
- ^ "Forskrift om Kystverneplan Nordland, vedlegg 66, Nyke/Tussen naturreservat, Bø kommune, Nordland". Lovdata.no (in Norwegian).