Sula (; also called Indre Solundøy ) is an island in
Solund Municipality
Solund is a municipality in the county of Vestland, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sogn. Solund is the westernmost island municipality in Norway. Holmebåen on the island of Steinsøy is the westernmost point in all of Nor ...
in
Vestland
Vestland is a Counties of Norway, 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 cit ...
county,
Norway
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. The island is the main island of the municipality. The island is located at the mouth of the
Sognefjorden
The Sognefjord or Sognefjorden (, en, Sogn Fjord), nicknamed the King of the Fjords ( no, Fjordenes konge), is the largest and deepest fjord in Norway. Located in Vestland county in Western Norway, it stretches inland from the ocean to the sma ...
on the north side of the
Sognesjøen, about east of
Holmebåen, the westernmost point in Norway. The largest village on the island is
Hardbakke. The other main village area is
Hersvikbygda
Hersvikbygda is a village in Solund Municipality in Vestland 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 porti ...
on the northern part of the island.
The island has a
ferry
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service from the village of Krakhella on the island to the mainland village of
Rutledal
Rutledal is a village in Gulen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located at the mouth of the Sognefjorden, on the south side on the mainland. Rutledal has a ferry quay that has regular connections to the island municipality ...
in
Gulen Municipality
is a municipality in the southwestern part of Vestland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Sogn. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Eivindvik. Other villages in Gulen include Brekke, Byrknes, ...
and also to the village of
Losnegard on the neighboring island of
Losna, immediately to the east of Sula. Just southwest of Hardbakke, there is a bridge from Sula to the neighboring island of
Steinsundøyna to the west. A narrow wide channel separates the two islands.
Media gallery
File:Solund 01.jpg, View of Sula island (looking southwest)
File:Hardbakke.JPG, View of Hardbakke, on Sula island
See also
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List of islands of Norway
References
Islands of Vestland
Solund
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