Fjellværsøya 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 the municipality of

Hitra Hitra is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality covers the island of Hitra and hundreds smaller islands, islets, and skerries. It is part of the Fosen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village ...

Trøndelag Trøndelag (; sma, Trööndelage) is a county in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County ( no, Trondhjems Amt); in 1804 the county was split into Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag by the King of Denmar ...

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 is located in the eastern part of Hitra municipality, east of the main island of

and it is surrounded by the

Frøyfjorden The Frøyfjorden is a strait between the islands of Frøya and Hitra in Trøndelag county, Norway. The long strait is rather shallow, only about at its deepest. The Frøya Tunnel goes beneath the fjord from Hammarvika in Frøya Municipali ...

, Kråkvågfjorden, and Fillfjorden. The small islands of Herøya and Ulvøya lie to the north, the big island of

to the south and west, and the

Kråkvåg Kråkvåg is a populated group of islands in the municipality of Ørland in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the Kråkvågfjorden, just west of the island of Storfosna. The village of Nordbotn on the island of Fjellværsøya in nei ...

islands (in nearby

Ørland Ørland is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Fosen region. Ørland is located at the southwestern tip of the Fosen peninsula at the northern shore of the mouth of Trondheimsfjord where the Stjørnfjorden arm begins. ...

municipality) to the east. The island is connected to the village of

Ansnes Ansnes is a village in the municipality of Hitra in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located along the Fillfjorden on the northeastern coast of the island of Hitra. There is a bridge from Ansnes to the island of Fjellværsøya to the ...

on the island of Hitra by the Krabbsundet bridge and to the village

Knarrlagsund Knarrlagsund or Knarrlaget is a village on the island of Ulvøya in the municipality of Hitra in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located on the southern part of the island about east of the village of Ulvan. The village lies along the Knarrl ...

on the island of Ulvøya by the Knarrlagsund bridge. The main industries on the island include

agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ...

fishing Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish. Fish are often caught as wildlife from the natural environment, but may also be caught from stocked bodies of water such as ponds, canals, park wetlands and reservoirs. Fishing techniques inclu ...

, and

fish processing The term fish processing refers to the processes associated with fish and fish products between the time fish are caught or harvested, and the time the final product is delivered to the customer. Although the term refers specifically to fish, in ...

. The

Nordbotn chapel Nordbotn Church ( no, Nordbotn kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Hitra municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Nordbotn on the island of Fjellværsøya. It is one of the churches for the ''Hit ...

is located in the village of Nordbotn.

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Islands of Trøndelag Hitra {{Trøndelag-geo-stub

See also

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