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This is a list of islands of Norway sorted by name. For a list sorted by area, see List of islands of Norway by area. A. Andørja, viewed from Harstad Atløy.
Integral areas of Norway which are unincorporated: Svalbard (including Bear Island), in the Arctic, a part of Norway since 1920. Jan Mayen, in the Arctic, a part of Norway since 1929. Svalbard with Bear Island are subject to the provisions of the Svalbard Treaty. Svalbard and Jan Mayen are sometimes grouped together for some categorization ...
Kvitøya (English: "White Island") is an island in the Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, with an area of 682 square kilometres (263 sq mi). It is the easternmost part of the Kingdom of Norway. The closest Russian Arctic possession, Victoria Island, lies only 62 kilometres (39 mi) to the east of Kvitøya.
Island Location Population Area (km²) Highest point Altitude (m) 1 Spitsbergen: Svalbard: 2,642 39,044 Newtontoppen: 1,713 2 Nordaustlandet: Svalbard: 0 14,443 Norddomen: 700 3 Edgeøya: Svalbard: 0 5,073 Caltexfjellet: 590 4 Barentsøya: Svalbard: 0 1,288 Schweinfurthfjellet: 590 5 Kvitøya: Svalbard: 0 682 270 6 Prince Charles Foreland ...
Valderøya or Valderøy [1] is an island off the west coast of Norway.It is part of Giske Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county. The island is connected to the city of Ålesund to the south via the Valderøy Tunnel to the island of Ellingsøy and then by the Ellingsøy Tunnel to Ålesund.
Gossa (dative: Gossen) is an island in Aukra Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island encompasses most of the municipality and has a ferry connection from the village of Aukrasanden across the Julsundet strait to the village of Hollingen on the mainland. About 80% of the municipal population (about 2,500 people) is located on ...
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In 1906, a wireless telegraph system was installed in Sørvågen – the second in Europe after Italy – connecting Sørvågen with Røst island. [ 3 ] [ 5 ] The village of Å is a traditional fishing place and nearly its entire territory is the 150 years old Norwegian Fishing Village Museum , [ 6 ] [ 7 ] which includes the Lofoten Stockfish ...