Lofoten Islands

[ loh-foot-n ]

plural noun

1. a group of islands NW of and belonging to Norway: rich fishing grounds. 474 sq. mi. (1,228 sq. km).

Example Sentences

The experiments will take place in the remote Lofoten Islands.

From BBC

The Lofoten Islands are among the world’s most scenic and formidable destinations for winter surfing.

From National Geographic

This summer, Norwegians who would usually have travelled to Italy and Spain have instead headed north to places in Norway like the Lofoten Islands.

From BBC

Underland’s first chapter is a descent, its last is a surfacing, and during the voyage of 4.6bn years made between those two remote points – crossing landscapes from the Mendip Hills to the Slovenian highlands, the Lofoten Islands to Greenland’s ice cap, and from western Finland to a Cambridge spinney a mile from my home, where nine springs rise from the bedrock chalk.

From The Guardian

Jensen, who studied marine biology and previously led the environmental advocacy group WWF Norway , says she told Røkke she will resign if one of his companies, Aker BP, drills for oil in Norway's Lofoten islands, which boast rich fisheries and the largest known deep-water coral reefs.

From Science Magazine