title: Nykvåg/Nykan Nature Reserve
text: # Nykvåg/Nykan Nature Reserve
  
  The Nykvåg/Nykan Nature Reserve (Norwegian: Nykvåg/Nykan naturreservat) is located in the municipality of Bø in Nordland county, Norway.
  
  The nature reserve lies between Sandvika and Nykvåg, south of the Nyke/Tussen and Frugga nature reserves. It covers an area of 355.9 hectares (879 acres), of which 261.8 hectares (647 acres) is sea. The land area includes the west side of Langøya and three larger islands (Fuglenyken, Måsnyken, and Spjøten) as well as several smaller islands. The area is protected to safeguard many important breeding sites for seabirds. The nature reserve was established on December 6, 2002. Norwegian County Road 916 passes by a bird cliff on the northeast edge of the reserve. It has been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International (BLI) because it supports breeding populations of great cormorants, Atlantic puffins and razorbills.
  
  