Gossa (

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: Gossen) is an

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Aukra Municipality Aukra is municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the region of Romsdalen. The administrative centre is the village of Falkhytta, which is part of the Aukrasanden urban area. The municipality is made up of the island o ...

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,

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. The island encompasses most of the municipality and has a

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connection from the village of Aukrasanden across the

Julsundet Julsundet is a long strait connecting the Norwegian Sea to the Romsdalsfjorden. The strait is located about west of the town of Molde in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The strait runs through the municipalities of Fræna, Aukra, Molde, and ...

strait to the village of

Hollingen Hollingen is a village in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is mostly in Aukra Municipality, but about 1/3rd of the village area lies to the north of the municipal border inside Hustadvika Municipality. It is located on the Romsdal p ...

on the mainland. About 80% of the municipal population (about 2,500 people) is located on the island. AukrasandenGossen

The island is flat and

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y, but it is well cultivated by farmland wherever possible. There are also some planted forests. The highest point on the island is the tall ''Jærmannburet''. The largest population centers on the island are the villages of Aukrasanden and

Varhaugvika Varhaugvika is a village in Aukra Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the eastern side of the island of Gossa along the Julsundet strait, just north of the village of Aukrasanden. The municipal centre of Aukra is at ...

on the southeastern side and the village of

Røssøyvågen Røssøyvågen is a village in Aukra Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northern ...

on the west side.

Aukra Auto Aukra Auto is a bus and truck operating company based in Aukra, Norway. The company has a monopoly on bus transport on the island Gossen and between it and Molde. The largest owner of the company is Nettbuss (66%). Their Aerobus transports people ...

runs bus service on the island. The

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from the Ormen Lange gas field is brought ashore at

Nyhamna Nyhamna is a small peninsula on the northeast side of the island of Gossa in Aukra Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located along the Julsundet strait, about northeast of the village of Varhaugvika and northeast of the ...

on the northeastern shore. Here the gas is processed and pumped through the world's longest underwater pipeline, the

Langeled pipeline The Langeled pipeline (originally known as Britpipe) is an underwater gas pipeline transporting Norwegian natural gas to the United Kingdom. Before the completion of the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, it was the longest subsea pipeline in the world. ...

, to Easington in the

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External links

http://www.aukra.kommune.no
*http://www.gossen.no *https://www.shell.com/about-us/major-projects/ormen-lange.html {{authority control Aukra Islands of Møre og Romsdal

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