Tustna 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 ...

Aure Municipality Aure is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the region of Nordmøre. The administrative centre is the village of Aure. Other villages in Aure include Gullstein, Stemshaug, Todalen, Tjeldbergodden, Arasvika, and ...

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,

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. The island lies in the western part of the municipality. The island of Tustna lies west of the islands of

Stabblandet Stabblandet is an island in Aure Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island lies to the west of the island of Ertvågsøya, south of the smaller island of Solskjelsøya, east of the large island of Tustna, and north of the ma ...

and

Solskjelsøya Solskjel or Solskjelsøya is an island in Aure Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island sits just north of the island of Stabblandet, northeast of the larger island of Tustna and west of the island of Ertvågsøya. There is ...

; to the northeast of the islands of

Frei Frei is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2008 when it was incorporated into Kristiansund Municipality. It was located between the Kvernesfjorden and Freifjo ...

and

Nordlandet Nordlandet is an island in Kristiansund Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island is located just east of the city center of Kristiansund, and is one of the boroughs of the city. The island is home to Kristiansund Airport, Kv ...

; and south of the island of

Smøla Smøla is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Nordmøre region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Hopen, other villages include Dyrnes, Råket, and Veiholmen. The municipality i ...

. The

Edøyfjorden Edøyfjorden is a fjord (more technically, a strait) in the Nordmøre region of Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The long fjord runs between Smøla Municipality and Aure Municipality with many large and small islands on both sides. Some of th ...

runs along the northern shores of the island, the Vinjefjorden (and

Halsafjorden Halsafjord or Halsafjorden ( en, Halsa Fjord) is a fjord located between Heim Municipality (in Trøndelag county) and Tingvoll Municipality (in Møre og Romsdal county), Norway. The long fjord branches south off the Vinjefjorden and stretches ...

) are to the south, the

Freifjorden Freifjorden is a fjord in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The long fjord flows through the municipalities of Kristiansund, Tingvoll, and Gjemnes. The fjord begins near the island of Tustna and flows southwest between the islands of Nordland ...

is to the southwest, the Talgsjøen is to the west, and the open

Norwegian Sea The Norwegian Sea ( no, Norskehavet; is, Noregshaf; fo, Norskahavið) is a marginal sea, grouped with either the Atlantic Ocean or the Arctic Ocean, northwest of Norway between the North Sea and the Greenland Sea, adjoining the Barents Sea to ...

is to the northwest. The island of Tustna and surrounding islands was part of the municipality of

Tustna Tustna is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The administrative centre was the village of Gullstein. The municipality is located in the present-day Aure Municipality. The municipality included the main islands of Tus ...

from 1 January 1874 until 1 January 2006, when it was merged into Aure Municipality. The main population centers on the island are Tømmervåg on the western coast, Leira on the northern coast, and

Gullstein Gullstein is a village in Aure Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located on the eastern side of the Tustna (island), island of Tustna. The Soleimsund Bridge connects Gullstein (and the island of Tustna) to the neigh ...

on the eastern coast. The island is connected to the neighboring island of Stabblandet in the east by a bridge at the village of Tustna, and there is a ferry connection from Tømmervåg across the Talgsjø channel to the town of Kristiansund. There is another ferry connection from the northern coast of Tustna to the island of

Edøya Edøya is an island in Smøla Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island lies in the Edøyfjorden between the larger islands of Smøla (to the north) and Ertvågsøya and Tustna (to the south). The island played an important po ...

Smøla Municipality Smøla is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Nordmøre region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Hopen, other villages include Dyrnes, Råket, and Veiholmen. The municipality is ...

. In 2015, the island had 822 residents living on it.

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The

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form of the name in unknown (the name of the island is first mentioned on a Dutch map from 1623: "Toester"). It might be derived from the word which means "staff" or "stick", and in that case it is probably referring to the form of one of the mountains on the island. Historically, the island name was spelled ''"Tustern"''.

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