Sør-Herøy (South Herøy) is an island in the middle of the municipality of
Herøy in
Nordland 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 ...
.
Sør-Herøy is surrounded by the following islands:
Nord-Herøy (to the northeast),
Tenna
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(to the south), and
Indre Øksningan (to the northwest). To the west lies ''Færøysundet'' (Færøya Strait), named after the islet of Færøya, which is actually a peninsula connected to Sør-Herøy. To the east lies ''Herøysundet'' (Herøy Strait), which is crossed by the
Herøysund Bridge and
Norwegian County Road 828 to Nord-Herøy.
To the south lies ''Tennsundet'' (Tenna Strait) with the Tennsund Bridge and
Norwegian County Road 161 to Tenna. The bridges create part of the road network connecting the municipality of Herøy to the
island of Dønna, which lies to the north in the municipality of
Dønna
Dønna is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland region. The administrative centre of the island municipality is the village of Solfjellsjøen. Other villages include Bjørn, Dønnes, Hestad, Sandåker, and V ...
. The island has a population of 446 (in 2017).
Sør-Herøy is the location of
Herøy Church, an old stone church dating from the 1100s,
where the poet and priest
Petter Dass
Petter Pettersen Dass (c. 1647 – 17 August 1707) was a Lutheran priest and the foremost Norwegian poet of his generation, writing both baroque hymns and topographical poetry.
Biography
He was born at Northern Herøy (Dønna), Nordland, No ...
served as a curate. The parsonage is also located on the island.
Herøy School serves students from Sør-Herøy, Tenna, and Nord-Herøy, which were combined into a single school district in 2008.
There is a ferry stop located on the southeastern shore of the island with regular ferries to the nearby islands of
Alsten
Alsta (historically, ''Alsten'' or ''Alstein'') is an island in the municipalities of Alstahaug and Leirfjord in Nordland county, Norway. The island is surrounded by the Vefsnfjorden to the east, the Leirfjorden to the north, and the Alsten ...
,
Altra, and
Husvær.
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
Islands of Nordland
Herøy, Nordland
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