Bjelkarøy
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Bjelkarøyna is an island in Øygarden Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The island lies in the southern part of the Raunefjorden between the mainland Bergen Peninsula and the large island of Sotra. The small island of Lerøyna lies just east of Bjelkarøyna and the city of Bergen is located just to the east on the mainland.
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- island
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Sund
- Area
- 1.1
- Elevation
- 55
- Body of water
- Hjeltefjorden
- Image
- Bjelkarøy ferjekai.jpg
- Width
- 930
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Bjelkarøyna is an island in Øygarden Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The island lies in the southern part of the Raunefjorden between the mainland Bergen Peninsula and the large island of Sotra. The small island of Lerøyna lies just east of Bjelkarøyna and the city of Bergen is located just to the east on the mainland.
The island has a small number of permanent residents and many vacation cabins. There is no road connection off the island, but there is a regular ferry route from Klokkarvik on Sotra, to Lerøyna, to Bjelkarøyna, and then to Hjellestad in Bergen on the mainland. Øygarden and Bergen municipalities have been making plans to build a road bridge connecting Lerøyna and Bjelkarøyna with a possible connection to the mainland.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bjelkarøy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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