or is an

island An island or isle is a piece of land, distinct from a continent, completely surrounded by water. There are continental islands, which were formed by being split from a continent by plate tectonics, and oceanic islands, which have never been ...

Skjervøy Municipality Skjervøy Municipality (, ; ) is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Troms Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Skjervøy (village), town of Skjervøy on the island of Skjervøya ...

Troms Troms (; ; ; ) is a Counties of Norway, county in northern Norway. It borders Finnmark county to the northeast and Nordland county in the southwest. Norrbotten Län in Sweden is located to the south and further southeast is a shorter border with ...

county,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

. The island lies between the

Kvænangen Kvænangen (or historically ''Quenangen'') may refer to: Places * Kvænangen Municipality, a municipality in Troms county, Norway * Kvænangen (fjord), a fjord in Troms county, Norway * Kvænangen concentration camp, a World War II era concentratio ...

fjord (to the east) and the

Lyngen Lyngen may refer to: Places * Lyngen Municipality, a municipality in Troms county, Norway *Lyngen (fjord) , , or is a fjord in Troms county, Norway. The long fjord is the longest fjord in Troms county and it is often used as the dividing line ...

fjord to the west. The island is home to 27 inhabitants (2001). The island is mountainous with several peaks over above sea level. The highest point is the tall mountain ''Store Kågtind''. Kågen is the 52nd largest island in Norway. There is a ferry connection with the neighboring islands of

Arnøya or is the List of islands of Norway by area, 15th largest island in Norway. The island is located in Skjervøy Municipality in Troms county. The highest peak is the tall mountain Arnøyhøgda. There are regular ferry connections to the island ...

and Laukøya to the north, the Skjervøy Bridge connects to the island Skjervøya to the east, and the undersea Maursund Tunnel connects the island to the mainland to the south.

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Skjervøy Islands of Troms {{Troms-island-stub

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