Tysnesøy
Sign in to saveTysnesøya () is an island in Tysnes Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The island makes up the vast majority of Tysnes Municipality. The highest point on the island is the tall mountain Tysnessåto.
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- Islands.name
- Tysnesøya
- Islands.image_name
- Tysnessåto frå Svartavassfjellet.JPG
- Islands.image_caption
- View of Tysnessåto, the highest point on the island
- Islands.location
- Vestland, Norway
- Islands.mapframe
- yes
- Islands.mapframe zoom
- 9
- Islands.mapframe caption
- Interactive map of the island
- Islands.area_km2
- 198
- Islands.length_km
- 20
- Islands.width_km
- 18
- Islands.elevation_m
- 753
- Islands.highest_mount
- Tysnessåto
- 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
- Tysnes Municipality
- Islands.population
- 2,690
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Tysnesøya () is an island in Tysnes Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The island makes up the vast majority of Tysnes Municipality. The highest point on the island is the tall mountain Tysnessåto.
The island lies in a large group of islands on the northern side of the mouth of the Hardangerfjorden. The Bjørnafjorden lies north of the island and the Langenuen strait runs along the west side of the island. The island of Reksteren lies to the northwest, Stord lies to the southwest, and the smaller islands of Skorpo and Huglo lie to the south of the island. The islands of Skorpo and Reksteren are connected to Tysnesøya by road bridges. The mainland lies just east of Tysnesøya, and there is a short road bridge connecting the two. Bjørnafjorden Municipality and Kvinnherad Municipality are located on the mainland to the east of Tysnesøya.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tysnesøy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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