Turøy
Sign in to saveTurøyna is an island in Øygarden Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The island lies just west of the islands of Toftøyna and Misje. Prior to 1964, the island was part of the old Herdla Municipality. Then from 1964 until 2020 it was part of Fjell Municipality.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Turøyna
- Islands.location
- Vestland, Norway
- Islands.mapframe
- yes
- Islands.mapframe caption
- Interactive map of the island
- Islands.mapframe zoom
- 11
- Islands.area_km2
- 1.67
- Islands.length_km
- 2.5
- Islands.width_km
- 1
- Islands.coastline_km
- 7.63
- Islands.elevation_m
- 74.5
- Islands.highest_mount
- Turøyvarden
- Islands.country
- Norway
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title
- County
- Islands.country_admin_divisions
- Vestland
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_1
- Municipality
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_1
- Øygarden Municipality
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Øygarden Municipality
- Area
- 1.67
- Elevation
- 74.5
- Image
- Sunset over Turøy.jpg
- Width
- 1
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Turøyna is an island in Øygarden Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The island lies just west of the islands of Toftøyna and Misje. Prior to 1964, the island was part of the old Herdla Municipality. Then from 1964 until 2020 it was part of Fjell Municipality.
About 100 people live on this island, which has a road connection to the mainland via the Turøy Bridge which connects to the island of Toftøyna. The road then continues over a series of bridges connecting a string of islands to each other and to the city of Bergen. The postcode is 5365 Turøy.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Turøy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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