Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Nordland#Norway |
Pushpin Label: | Tranøya |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Norway |
Subdivision Name1: | Northern Norway |
Subdivision Name2: | Nordland |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Salten |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Hamarøy Municipality |
Utc Offset1: | +01:00 |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +02:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Post Code |
Postal Code: | 8297 Tranøy |
Coordinates: | 68.1835°N 15.6622°W |
Elevation M: | 3 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
or [2] is a village and ancient trade centre in Hamarøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the end of a peninsula about north of the municipal centre, Oppeid. The Tranøy Lighthouse is located west of the village on a small islet connected to the mainland by a pedestrian bridge.
The novelist Knut Hamsun worked as a shop assistant at Tranøy in his younger days.[3]