Sørfugløya
Sign in to savethumb|right|alt=Locator map of Sørfugløya, Troms, Norway|Locator map of Sørfugløya, Troms, Norway Sørfugløya or Sør-Fugløy is a small (97 ha) uninhabited island and nature reserve in Karlsøy Municipality, Troms county, in Arctic northern Norway. It lies just north-west of the larger inhabited island of Rebbenesøya. It is a steep island with grassy slopes surrounded by boulder scree. It, with its adjacent marine waters, has been designated a 760 ha Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports large breeding colonies of Atlantic puffins and razorbills. Europe
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 1 inbound reference to Sørfugløya, and connects out to Norway, geographic coordinate system and Arctic.
The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Important Bird Areas of Arctic islands, Important Bird Areas of Norway and Islands of Troms.
Vinony links it to 5 Wikipedia language editions.
~1 min read
Encyclopedic overview
1 sectionsContents
- References
thumb|right|alt=Locator map of Sørfugløya, Troms, Norway|Locator map of Sørfugløya, Troms, Norway Sørfugløya or Sør-Fugløy is a small (97 ha) uninhabited island and nature reserve in Karlsøy Municipality, Troms county, in Arctic northern Norway. It lies just north-west of the larger inhabited island of Rebbenesøya. It is a steep island with grassy slopes surrounded by boulder scree. It, with its adjacent marine waters, has been designated a 760 ha Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports large breeding colonies of Atlantic puffins and razorbills. European storm petrels also breed on the island.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sørfugløya” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations