Sandhornøya

Sandhornøya or Sandhornøy is a mountainous island in the municipality of Gildeskål in Nordland county, Norway. The 103-square-kilometre (40 sq mi) island is located south of the town of Bodø near the entrance to the Saltfjorden. The mainland of Norway lies to the east and the islands of Fleina, Sørarnøya, and Nordarnøya lie to the west. The villages of Lekanger, Mårnes, and Våg are located on the island. The island is connected to the mainland by the Sandhornøy Bridge. Sandhornøy is also the birthplace of famous Norwegian professor and hymn writer, Elias Blix. A memorial monument of Blix can be seen by the coastline.[2]

Sandhornøya
Sandhornøy
Sandhornøya
Location of the island
Sandhornøya
Sandhornøya (Norway)
Geography
LocationNordland, Norway
Coordinates67.1035°N 14.0760°E / 67.1035; 14.0760
Area103 km2 (40 sq mi)
Length22 km (13.7 mi)
Width8.5 km (5.28 mi)
Highest elevation993 m (3,258 ft)
Highest pointSandhornet
Administration
Norway
CountyNordland
MunicipalityGildeskål Municipality
Demographics
Population345[1] (2016)
Pop. density3.3/km2 (8.5/sq mi)

Salt festival

On August 29, 2014, the Salt festival was held on a western beach on Sandhornøya. It included three architectural structures that were built on the beach and were inspired by the historic fish racks of Northern Norway. The Finnish architect Sami Rintala designed them. In one of the fish rack buildings, the Chinese artist Yang Fudong created a site specific outdoor film installation for the beach.[3]

gollark: But it's not toward actual stated goals.
gollark: You can only really say something is "rational" as a way to achieve some goals, not just objectively "rational" on its own. So arguably humans are somewhat rationally maximizing short-term happiness. *But*, isn't happiness at least partly just a heuristic for decision-making *too*?
gollark: This can probably just be read as "strong time preference" again, I guess, *partly*.
gollark: https://xkcd.com/2278/
gollark: It is... also awful.

See also

References
  1. https://snl.no/Sandhornøya
  2. Store norske leksikon. "Sandhornøya" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  3. Coldwell, Will (2014-09-13). "Just add SALT: Norway's new Arctic arts and music festival". The Guardian. Retrieved 2019-01-30.


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