Haramsøya 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 ...

Ålesund Municipality Ålesund () sometimes spelled Aalesund in English, is a list of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Møre og Romsdal counties of Norway, County, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Sunnmøre and the centr ...

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 is located between the islands of

Lepsøya Lepsøya (or ''Løvsøya'') is a populated island in Ålesund Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island in the northern part of the municipality. It is located in the ocean in the northwestern part of the municipality, with the ...

and

Flemsøya Flemsøya or Skuløya is an island in Ålesund Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island is located between the islands of Haramsøya and Fjørtofta. The island is connected to the neighboring island of Haramsøya by the Ullasu ...

, just northwest of the mainland. The village of

Austnes Austnes is a village in Ålesund Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the southeast side of the island of Haramsøya, about southwest of the village of Longva via the Ullasund Bridge. The Ulla lighthouse is located ...

is located on the southeast part of the island, and that is the location of

Haram Church Haram Church ( no, Haram kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Ålesund Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Austnes on the island of Haramsøya. It is one of the churches for the ''Ha ...

. The Ulla lighthouse is located on the north end of the island. The population (2015) of the island is 571. The island is connected to the mainland via a car ferry to the mainland and to the neighboring island of

. The

Ullasund Bridge The Ullasund Bridge ( no, Ullasundbrua) is a bridge that crosses the Ullasundet strait between the islands of Haramsøya and Flemsøya in Ålesund Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The original bridge was opened in 1969. The Ulla ...

connects the island to the other neighboring island of

to the north. The

Nordøyvegen Nordøyvegen () is a road that connect the northern islands of Ålesund (formerly in Haram Municipality and Sandøy Municipality) to the mainland in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. This road was opened in 2022 and replaced several ferry crossings ...

bridge and tunnel project connects the island of Haramsøya to the mainland and its neighboring islands, having been completed in 2022.

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Ålesund Islands of Møre og Romsdal {{MøreRomsdal-geo-stub

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