Vega Archipelago is a group of islands in the Norwegian Sea belonging to the municipality of Vega. Since 2004, it has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This arhipelago of around 6,500 small islands in Nordland county, just south of the Arctic circle, surrounds the main island of Vega and has been inhabited since the Stone Age. The archipelago is an important Bird Area and we can find populations of Greylag and Barnacle Geese, Common Eiders, Common Loons, Great Cormorants, European Shags, White-tailed Eagles, Purple Sandpipers and Black Guillemots.