Sørøya
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or is Norway's fourth largest island in terms of area and the largest in Finnmark county. The island is divided between Hasvik Municipality and Hammerfest Municipality. It is often claimed to be "one of the most beautiful" of the islands in Norway. In 2018, the population of the island was 1,100.
Key facts
- Islands.image_name
- Sørøya, Nórsko, 2013 - panoramio.jpg
- Islands.image_caption
- View of the island
- Islands.location
- Finnmark, Norway
- Islands.area_km2
- 811
- Islands.rank
- 4th largest in Norway
- Islands.length_km
- 64.3
- Islands.width_km
- 23.3
- Islands.elevation_m
- 659
- Islands.highest_mount
- Komagaksla
- Islands.country
- Norway
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title
- County
- Islands.country_admin_divisions
- Finnmark
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_1
- Municipalities
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_1
- Hammerfest Municipality and Hasvik Municipality
- Islands.population
- 1,100
- Islands.population_as_of
- 2015
- Islands.density_km2
- 1.3
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or is Norway's fourth largest island in terms of area and the largest in Finnmark county. The island is divided between Hasvik Municipality and Hammerfest Municipality. It is often claimed to be "one of the most beautiful" of the islands in Norway. In 2018, the population of the island was 1,100.
thumb|left|Scene in the North West of Sørøya
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sørøya” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations