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    islands include Sleneset, Moflaget, Slotterøya, Straumøya, Nord-Solvær, and Sør-Solvær. The main village area is Sleneset, which is also the port at which...
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    Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine) with thousands of puffins. The Solvær Islands (Solværøyene) in Lurøy Municipality consists of about 300 small...
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    bridge to Lurøya), Solvær and Lovund 5 times per day. Norwegian Meteorological Institute has operated weather stations on Solvær islands since 1939....
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    of Lurøy in Nordland county, Norway. The island is located west of the Solvær islands and southeast of the Træna islands. Lovund is notable for the large...
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    well as a chronologically ordered list of the prisoners, starting with the Solvær hostages incarcerated at Åneby 15 March 1941. Germany portal List of Nazi-German...
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    after being shelled by HMS Tartar during Operation Claymore and beached at Solvær, Lofoten Islands, Norway. Subsequently repaired, she saw service in Norwegian...
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  • registry was changed to Nordenham. On 3 March 1941, Gumbinnen was sunk in Solvær harbour, Lofoten Islands, Norway, by HMS Tartar. She was raised and repaired...
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  • World War II: The flak ship was damaged by British aircraft and beached at Solvær, Norway. Later refloated and returned to the Royal Norwegian Navy later...
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