Vegaøyan – The Vega Archipelago
Vega is located south of the Arctic Circle and is surrounded by dozens of islands that form a 107,294-hectare cultural landscape, of which 6,881 hectares are land. The islands bear witness to a uniquely frugal lifestyle based on fishing and harvesting duck down, but in a very harsh environment. There are fishing villages, docks, warehouses, duck down houses (built for duck down nesting), agricultural landscapes, lighthouses and navigation marks. There is evidence of human settlement from the Stone Age onwards. By the 9th century, the islands had become an important centre for the supply of duck down, which appears to have accounted for around a third of the islanders’ income. The Vega Islands reflect how fishermen/farmers have maintained a sustainable lifestyle over the past 1,500 years, as well as the contribution of women to the duck down harvest.
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| country | Josef Kirpal |
| image | http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vegaoyan.jpg |
| image | http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vegavista.jpg |
| located in the administrative territorial entity | Himeji Park |
| executive body | Vega, Nordland |
| office held by head of the organization | http://g.co/kg/m/0fgcv1 |
| Commons category | Vega, Nordland |
| coordinate location | Point(11.9 65.633333333) |
| point in time | 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| native label | Vegaøyan |
| World Heritage criteria | World Heritage selection criterion (v) |
| start time | 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| official name | Vegaøyan – The Vega Archipelago |