Vågsøy 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 ...

Kinn Municipality Kinn is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It was established on 1 January 2020. It is in the traditional districts of Nordfjord and Sunnfjord. The municipality is the only non-contiguous municipality in Norway since the municipality of ...

Vestland Vestland is a county in Norway established on 1 January 2020. The county is located in Western Norway and it is centred around the city of Bergen, Norway's second largest city. The administrative centre of the county is the city of Bergen, where t ...

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 t ...

. The island lies on the northern side of the mouth of the Nordfjorden, the sixth longest

fjord In physical geography, a fjord or fiord () is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. Fjords exist on the coasts of Alaska, Antarctica, British Columbia, Chile, Denmark, Germany, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Ice ...

in Norway. The

Stadlandet Stad or Stadlandet is a peninsula in Stad Municipality in the northwestern part of the Nordfjord district in Vestland county in Norway. The peninsula is considered the dividing point between the Norwegian Sea to the north and the North Sea to th ...

peninsula lies to the north of the island, the islands of Silda and Barmøya and the mainland lie to the east of the island, the island of

Husevågøy Husevågøy is an island in Kinn Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The island is mountainous with few trees. The island lies in the mouth of the Nordfjorden, between the islands of Vågsøy and Bremangerlandet. In 2018, there were abou ...

lies to the south (in the middle of the mouth of the Nordfjorden), and the open ocean lies to the west. Since the island lies along the open ocean, which can be rough, there are several

lighthouse A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid, for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways. Lighthouses mar ...

s along the coastline of the island including:

Hendanes Lighthouse Hendanes Lighthouse ( no, Hendanes fyr) is a coastal lighthouse located in Kinn Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The lighthouse sits on the western shore of the island of Vågsøy, about north of the village of Vågsvåg. History It was ...

Kråkenes Lighthouse Kråkenes Lighthouse ( no, Kråkenes fyr) is a coastal lighthouse in Kinn Municipality in Vestland, Norway. It is located on a rocky, knife-like promontory jutting out of the northwestern tip of the island of Vågsøy. History It was first lit in ...

, and

Skongenes Lighthouse Skongenes Lighthouse ( no, Skongenes fyr) is a coastal lighthouse located in Kinn Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The lighthouse is located on the northern tip of the island of Vågsøy. History It was first lit in 1870 and automated i ...

. The highest point on the island is the tall ''Veten''. The island is connected to the mainland by the

Måløy Bridge The Måløy Bridge ( no, Måløybrua) is a cantilever road bridge in Kinn Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The bridge connects the village area of Degnepoll on the mainland and the town of Måløy on the island of Vågsøy. The bridge ...

. The main population centre on the island is the town of

Måløy Måløy () is a town in the municipality of Kinn in Vestland county, Norway. Måløy is located on the southeastern side of the island of Vågsøy, about northeast of the village of Holvika and about south of the village of Raudeberg. The M� ...

, which is also the

administrative centre An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located. In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...

for the municipality. Other population centres are the villages of Raudeberg,

Kvalheim Kvalheim is a coastal village with large agricultural areas in Kinn Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the western side of the island of Vågsøy, about west of the large village of Raudeberg. The neighboring villa ...

, Langenes,

Refvik Refvik or Refvika is a village in Kinn Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located on the north side of the island of Vågsøy, about northwest of the village of Raudeberg, south of Vedvika, and southwest of Langenes. The village of ...

, Vågsvåg, and

Vedvik Vedvik or Vedvika is a village in Kinn Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the north side of the island of Vågsøy, about northeast of the village of Refvika, west of Langenes, and about north of Raudeberg. The ...

. The population (2001) of the whole island was 4,207. There are 2 churches on the island:

Nord-Vågsøy Church Nord-Vågsøy Church ( no, Nord-Vågsøy kyrkje; historically: Vågsøy Church or Vågsøy Chapel) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Kinn Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Raudeberg on the northe ...

in Raudeberg and

Sør-Vågsøy Church Sør-Vågsøy Church ( no, Sør-Vågsøy kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Kinn Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the town of Måløy on the southeastern coast of the island of Vågsøy. It is the chur ...

in Måløy.

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File:Refvikstranda.JPG, View of the Refvik beach File:Ulvesundet.JPG, Looking north, Måløy on Vågsøy island is to the left File:Hendanes fyr.JPG, Looking south from

towards

File:Kannesteinen 01.jpg, Kannesteinen rock, along the shore of Vågsøy File:Maloy tunliweb 2.jpg, The town of Måløy File:Husevåg Husevågøy tunliweb 102.jpg, The small village Husevåg at

File:Husevåg Ferieparadis 05 Husevågøy.jpg, Houses in Husevåg at

File:Kråkenes Lighthouse summer1.JPG,

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Islands of Vestland Kinn {{Vestland-island-stub

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