Editing Vikna Municipality (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Vikna-Langsundet.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Langsundet strait]]
[[File:Vikna-Norway-coast-landscape.JPG|thumb|200px|left|Vikna landscape in spring. 2009.]]
The municipality consisted of a large island [[archipelago]] with some 6,000 large and small islands going far into the [[Norwegian Sea]] off the northwestern coast of Trøndelag county. Vikna is the largest [[spawn (biology)|spawning]] area for [[cod]] south of [[Lofoten]]. The three largest islands are: [[Inner-Vikna]], closest to the mainland, [[Mellom-Vikna]], and then [[Ytter-Vikna]] as the westernmost island.  Other islands include [[Borgan, Norway|Borgan]] and [[Lauvøya, Vikna|Lauvøya]]. The highest point in the municipality was the {{convert|172.9|m|adj=on}} tall mountain Vattafjellet on the island of [[Ytter-Vikna]].<ref name="elev" />

The main village for the municipality was [[Rørvik]], located on the eastern shore of Inner-Vikna, facing the mainland across the [[Nærøysundet]] strait. The many islands in the area means that there are many lighthouses including [[Gjeslingene Lighthouse]], [[Grinna Lighthouse]], [[Nærøysund Lighthouse]], and [[Nordøyan Lighthouse]].

On 21 October 1962, the coastal steamer ([[Hurtigruten]]) ''Sanct Svithun'' run aground on ''Nordøyan'' as a result of navigational error. The ship sunk, and there was a tragic loss of 41 lives. A memorial [[Bautasten|bauta]] was raised on Nordøyan in 2002.