Håkøya is an
island in
Tromsø Municipality in
Troms og Finnmark county,
Norway.
The island is located in the
Sandnessundet strait
A strait is an oceanic landform connecting two seas or two other large areas of water. The surface water generally flows at the same elevation on both sides and through the strait in either direction. Most commonly, it is a narrow ocean channe ...
between the islands
Kvaløya and
Tromsøya. It is southeast of the village of
Eidkjosen on Kvaløya and west of the
city of Tromsø on Tromsøya.
The higher elevations on the island are wooded, while residential houses, cabins, and farms are mostly located on the coastal areas. The island is connected with Kvaløya by the long . The original bridge was wooden, but the upper part was replaced with steel and concrete in 2004.
History
The German battleship ''
Tirpitz Tirpitz may refer to:
* Alfred von Tirpitz (1849–1930), German admiral
* German battleship ''Tirpitz'', a World War II-era Bismarck-class battleship named after the admiral
* Tirpitz (pig), a pig rescued from the sinking of SMS ''Dresden'' and ...
'' was located at Håkøya starting on 15 October 1944 until 12 November 1944, when it was sunk by British bombers during
Operation Catechism. A memorial to the roughly 1200 people who died on the ''Tirpitz'' now stands on Håkøya.
Media gallery
View from Håkøya with Tallboy bomb crater in foreground - panoramio.jpg, Håkøya, looking towards the city of Tromsø
Håkøybrua - From the West P1.jpg, Håkøy Bridge
Håkøybrua - Strait forward P1.jpg, Håkøy Bridge
Tirpitz (muistomerkki,minnesmärke) - panoramio.jpg, Tirpitz memorial
See also
*
List of islands of Norway
References
Tromsø
Islands of Troms og Finnmark
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