Store Sommarøya or Sommarøya 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
Tromsø Municipality
Tromsø (, , ; se, Romsa ; fkv, Tromssa; sv, Tromsö) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Tromsø.
Tromsø lies in Northern Norway. The municipality is the 2 ...
in
Troms og Finnmark
Troms og Finnmark (; sme, Romsa ja Finnmárku ; fkv, Tromssa ja Finmarkku; fi, Tromssa ja Finnmark, lit. Troms and Finnmark in English), is a county in northern Norway that was established on 1 January 2020 as the result of a regional reform. ...
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 the ...
. The island is located about west of the
city of Tromsø and is a popular tourist destination due to its white sand beaches and scenery. The island is connected to the large neighboring island of
Kvaløya by the
Sommarøy Bridge and it is connected to the small island of
Hillesøya
Hillesøya is an island and fishing village in Tromsø Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The island is dominated by a mountain, but the southeastern third of the island is relatively flat and that is where the residents of the isl ...
by the Hillesøy Bridge. The
fishing village
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of
Sommarøy
Sommarøy is an old fishing village in the western part of Tromsø Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is located about west of the city of Tromsø and is a popular tourist destination due to its white sand beaches and scenery. ...
covers Store Sommarøya and part of Hillesøya.
Climate
Despite its extreme latitude, more than north of the
Arctic Circle, Sommarøya experiences an ocean-moderated
subarctic climate (''Cfc'') with no month averaging below and a mean annual temperature of almost .
Media gallery
sommaroy panorama.jpg, View to Sommarøya and Hillesøya
Sommarøy mot sør.jpg, Looking south
Hillesøybrua - From the north P2.jpg, Looking south from Hillesøya to Sommarøy
Road sign in Sandvika P1.jpg, Road sign in Sandvika on riksvei 862 outside of Tromsø
See also
*
List of islands of Norway
This is a list of islands of Norway sorted by name. For a list sorted by area, see List of islands of Norway by area.
A
* Alden
* Aldra
* Algrøy
* Alsta
* Altra
* Anda
* Andabeløya
* Andørja
* Andøya, Vesterålen
* Andøya, Agder
* ...
References
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Islands of Troms og Finnmark
Tromsø