Fugløya is an
island
An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island ...
in
Gildeskål Municipality
Gildeskål is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Nordland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Bodø Region and the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipali ...
in
Nordland
Nordland (; smj, Nordlánnda, sma, Nordlaante, sme, Nordlánda, en, Northland) is a county in Norway in the Northern Norway region, the least populous of all 11 counties, bordering Troms og Finnmark in the north, Trøndelag in the south, N ...
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 is very mountainous, with the highest point being the tall Hagtinden. The island has no permanent residents (as of 2016), but as recently as the 1960s, there were 124 residents living on the island. The island has several large bird colonies, including
puffin
Puffins are any of three species of small alcids (auks) in the bird genus ''Fratercula''. These are pelagic seabirds that feed primarily by diving in the water. They breed in large colonies on coastal cliffs or offshore islands, nesting in crev ...
s. It lies in the Fugløyvær
archipelago
An archipelago ( ), sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster, or collection of islands, or sometimes a sea containing a small number of scattered islands.
Examples of archipelagos include: the Indonesian Archi ...
which includes about 140 small islands and this one large island.
There were two main settlements on the island: Sør-Fugløy in the south and Nord-Fugløy in the north. Both are now used as vacation homes. The islands of
Fleina
Fleina is an island in Gildeskål Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The island lies in the Fleinværfjorden, between the islands of Fugløya and Sørarnøya. The island of Sandhornøya lies to the east and the mainland lies to the south ...
,
Sørarnøya
Sørarnøya or Sør-Arnøya is a small island in the municipality of Gildeskål in Nordland county, Norway. The island is located west of the neighboring island of Sandhornøya and south of the island of Nordarnøya. Sørarnøya and Nordarnøy ...
,
Nordarnøya, and
Sandhornøya
Sandhornøya or Sandhornøy is a mountainous island in the municipality of Gildeskål in Nordland county, Norway. The island is located south of the town of Bodø near the entrance to the Saltfjorden. The mainland of Norway lies to the east a ...
lie several kilometers to the northeast.
Media gallery
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View from the harbor of Inndyr towards Fugløya in the west.jpg
See also
*
List of islands of Norway
This is a list of islands of Norway sorted by name. For a list sorted by area, see List of islands of Norway by area.
A
* Alden
* Aldra
* Algrøy
* Alsta
* Altra
* Anda
* Andabeløya
* Andørja
* Andøya, Vesterålen
* Andøya, Agder
* Ar ...
References
Gildeskål
Islands of Nordland
Uninhabited islands of Norway
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