Rødøya is an
island in the municipality of
Rødøy
Rødøy is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Vågaholmen. Other villages include Gjerøy, Jektvika, Kilboghamn, Melfjordbot ...
in
Nordland
Nordland (; smj, Nordlánnda, sma, Nordlaante, sme, Nordlánda, en, Northland) is a county in Norway in the Northern Norway region, the least populous of all 11 counties, bordering Troms og Finnmark in the north, Trøndelag in the south, N ...
county,
Norway. The island is located just west of the mouth of the
Tjongsfjorden
Tjongsfjorden is a fjord in the municipality of Rødøy in Nordland county, Norway. The long fjord begins just west of the Svartisen glacier and flows west and flows into the Rødøyfjorden, just east of the island of Rødøya. The mountain ...
, north of the island of
Gjerdøya, and west of the mainland. There are ferry connections from the village of Rødøy to the village of
Jektvika on the mainland and to the nearby island of
Gjerdøya.
Rødøy Church
Rødøy Church ( no, Rødøy kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Rødøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the island of Rødøya. It is one of the churches in the Rødøy parish which is part of the No ...
is located in the village of Rødøy on the south side of the island. The island had 150 residents in 2017.
See also
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List of islands of Norway
References
Islands of Nordland
Rødøy
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