Grisvågøya 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 Aure 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 northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...

. The island is located on the south side of the Edøyfjorden/

Trondheimsleia The Trondheimsleia is a strait in Møre og Romsdal and Trøndelag counties in Norway. The long strait runs between the islands of Smøla and Hitra and the mainland municipalities of Aure, Heim, and Orkland. The strait has several fjords which ...

. There are many islands around Grisvågøya including Skardsøya to the east,

Ertvågsøya Ertvågsøya is an island in the municipality of Aure in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island has an area of and the highest point is the tall Korsbekkfjellet. The small islands of Rottøya and Ruøya lie to the east of the island an ...

to the south,

Edøya Edøya is an island in Smøla Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island lies in the Edøyfjorden between the larger islands of Smøla (to the north) and Ertvågsøya and Tustna (to the south). The island played an important ...

, and Smøla to the west, and

Hitra Hitra is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality covers the island of Hitra and hundreds smaller islands, islets, and skerries. It is part of the Fosen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village ...

across the fjord to the north. The sparsely populated island of Grisvågøya has a bridge connecting it to the neighboring island of Skardsøya to the east which has two different bridges that connect it to the mainland. In 2015, the island had 90 residents living on it.

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

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