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Hemnskjela is an island in Hitra Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The island is located in the Trondheimsleia strait at the mouth of the Hemnfjorden, just south of the village of Sandstad on the nearby island of Hitra.

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island
Country
Norway
Area
4.4
Elevation
164
Body of water
Hemnfjorden
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Norway - Hemnskjel.png
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Hemnskjela is an island in Hitra Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The island is located in the Trondheimsleia strait at the mouth of the Hemnfjorden, just south of the village of Sandstad on the nearby island of Hitra.

The southern entrance to the Hitra Tunnel is located on the island of Hemnskjela. The tunnel connects the village of Sandstad on the island of Hitra to Hemnskjela (underneath the Trondheimsleia). Then, the Hemnskjel bridge connects the island of Hemnskjela to the mainland part of Hitra Municipality. The Terningen Lighthouse lies about west of the island.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hemnskjela” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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