Ertvågsøya is an island in the municipality of

Aure Aure may refer to: Places France * Aure, Ardennes, a commune of the Ardennes ''département'' * Aure (river), a river in northwestern France Norway * Aure, Norway, a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county * Aure (village), a village in Aure Mun ...

Møre og Romsdal Møre og Romsdal (; en, Møre and Romsdal) is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Trøndelag, Innlandet, and Vestland. The county administration is located in the town of Molde, while Ålesund is the ...

county,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

. The island has an area of and the highest point is the tall Korsbekkfjellet. The small islands of

Rottøya Rottøya is an island in the municipality of Aure in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island lies between the mainland and the large island of Ertvågsøya. The small island of Ruøya Ruøya is an island in Aure Municipality in Møre o ...

and

Ruøya Ruøya is an island in Aure Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is connected to the village of Aure on the mainland to the east by the Aursund Bridge and to the island of Rottøya to the south by the Smalsund Bridge. The lar ...

lie to the east of the island and the islands of Solskjelsøya and Stabblandet lie to the west. The

Arasvikfjorden Arasvikfjord or Arasvikfjorden ( en, Arasvik Fjord) is a fjord in Møre og Romsdal and Trøndelag counties in Norway. The fjord is located between Aure Municipality (in Møre og Romsdal ...

strait runs along the south side of the island and the Gjerdevika, an arm of the

Edøyfjorden Edøyfjorden is a fjord (more technically, a strait) in the Nordmøre region of Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The long fjord runs between Smøla Municipality and Aure Municipality with many large and small islands on both sides. Some of th ...

passes along the north side of the island. The island is nearly bisected by the Foldfjorden, a narrow bay reaching south into the central part of the island. The island is connected to the mainland by the Mjosund Bridge and

Aursund Bridge The Aursund Bridge ( no, Aursundbrua) is a cantilever bridge that crosses the Aursundet strait in Aure Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The bridge goes between just north of the village of Aure on the mainland and the island of ...

. In 2015, there were 672 residents living on the island.

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Aure, Norway Islands of Møre og Romsdal {{MøreRomsdal-geo-stub

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