Sandøyna or Sandøya is the largest

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 ...

Gulen Municipality is a municipality in the southwestern part of Vestland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Sogn. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Eivindvik. Other villages in Gulen include Brekke, Byrknes ...

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county,

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. The island lies just west of the mainland in a large

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of islands that sit north of the

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, southeast of the

Sognesjøen Sognesjøen is a strait in Vestland county, Norway. The strait is the outermost part of the large Sognefjorden. It runs along the border between Solund and Gulen municipalities. The long strait begins around the village of Rutledal on the mai ...

, and south of the

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. The islands of

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and

Byrknesøyna Byrknesøyna is an island in Gulen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The island lies between the Sognesjøen and the Fensfjorden, just west of the island of Mjømna. It is located about straight southwest of the municipal centre of E ...

lie just west of Sandøyna. These three islands are connected to the mainland by a series of bridges. The bridge from Sandøyna to the mainland was completed in 2010, thus eliminating the old ferry route from the island to the mainland. The largest settlement is the village of Ånneland on the western coast of the island.

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Islands of Vestland Gulen {{Vestland-island-stub

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