Orta is an
island in
Aukra Municipality
Aukra is municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the region of Romsdalen. The administrative centre is the village of Falkhytta, which is part of the Aukrasanden urban area.
The municipality is made up of the island o ...
in
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. The island lies midway between the islands of
Harøya and
Gossa in the
Harøyfjorden. There are
ferry
A ferry is a ship, watercraft or amphibious vehicle used to carry passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo, across a body of water. A passenger ferry with many stops, such as in Venice, Italy, is sometimes called a water bus or water taxi ...
connections from Orta to
Sandøya and
Finnøya (in
Ã…lesund Municipality) and to
Gossa (in
Aukra Municipality
Aukra is municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the region of Romsdalen. The administrative centre is the village of Falkhytta, which is part of the Aukrasanden urban area.
The municipality is made up of the island o ...
).
On 1 January 2020, the island of Orta and the small surrounding islets were administratively transferred to the neighboring
Aukra Municipality
Aukra is municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the region of Romsdalen. The administrative centre is the village of Falkhytta, which is part of the Aukrasanden urban area.
The municipality is made up of the island o ...
. Prior to that time, they were part of the old
Sandøy Municipality.
See also
*
List of islands of Norway
References
Aukra
Islands of Møre og Romsdal
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