Nord-Fugløya or Fugløya is an uninhabited island in Karlsøy Municipality in Troms og Finnmark, Norway. The highest mountain is the tall Fugløykallen.

Fugløykalven Lighthouse Fugløykalven Lighthouse ( no, Fugløykalven fyr) is a coastal lighthouse in Karlsøy Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The lighthouse is located on the small island Fugløykalven northwest of the island Nord-Fugløya. This was ...

is located north of the island.

Nature reserve

The whole island is protected as a nature reserve which, along with the adjacent marine waters, has also been designated an

Important Bird Area An Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA) is an area identified using an internationally agreed set of criteria as being globally important for the conservation of bird populations. IBA was developed and sites are identified by BirdLife Int ...

(IBA) by

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because it supports large breeding colonies of

Atlantic puffin The Atlantic puffin ('), also known as the common puffin, is a species of seabird in the auk family. It is the only puffin native to the Atlantic Ocean; two related species, the tufted puffin and the horned puffin is found in the northeastern ...

s and razorbills.

References

Karlsøy Uninhabited islands of Norway Islands of Troms og Finnmark Nature reserves in Norway Important Bird Areas of Norway Important Bird Areas of Arctic islands Seabird colonies {{TromsFinnmark-island-stub

Nature reserve

See also

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