Linesøya 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 the municipality of

Åfjord Åfjord is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Fosen Districts of Norway, region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Å, Åfjord, Årne ...

Trøndelag Trøndelag (; sma, Trööndelage) is a county in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County ( no, Trondhjems Amt); in 1804 the county was split into Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag by the King of Denmar ...

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 ...

. It lies about off the coast of the mainland of Åfjord, and southwest of the island of

Stokkøya Stokkøya is an island in the municipality of Åfjord in Trøndelag county, Norway. The island is located in the Stoksund area of Åfjord. The largest village on the island is Harsvika. The tall mountain Kamman is the highest point on the i ...

. The island also lies about north of the smaller island of Lauvøya. The highest point on Linesøya is the tall mountain Linesfjellet. Linesoya - panoramio

After the completion in 2011 of the

Linesøy Bridge Linesøy Bridge ( no, Linesbrua) is a cantilever bridge and causeway which connects the islands of Linesøya and Stokkøya in Åfjord, Norway. The bridge opened on 7 October 2011 and replaced the Kjerkholmen–Linesøy Ferry. The concrete ...

between Linesøya and Stokkøya and the

Stokkøy Bridge Stokkøy Bridge ( no, Stokkøybrua) is a concrete cantilever bridge that crosses the Stokksundet strait between the mainland and the island of Stokkøya in the municipality of Åfjord in Trøndelag county, Norway. The bridge starts near the vill ...

from Stokkøya to the mainland, there has been a ferry-free road to the mainland from Linesøya.

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{{authority control Islands of Trøndelag Åfjord

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