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Spissøy
Spissøy or Spyssøya is an island in Bømlo municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The island lies at the confluence of the Stokksundet (Hordaland), Stokksundet strait and the Hardangerfjorden. The island of Bømlo (island), Bømlo lies to the northwest, the island of Moster (island), Moster lies to the southwest, the island of Otterøya (Hordaland), Otterøya lies to the southeast, and the island of Nautøya lies to the northeast. Spyssøya is connected to the island of Bømlo (island), Bømlo by the Spissøy Bridge and to the island of Nautøya via the Bømla Bridge. Permanent inhabitants on the small island were few until the bridges were built. Since that time, the island's population has been increasing. See also *List of islands of Norway References Islands of Vestland Bømlo {{Vestland-island-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spissøy Bridge
The Triangle Link () is a fixed link with three branches connecting the islands of Stord (island), Stord and Bømlo to each other and the mainland at Sveio, Norway. It consists of the underwater Bømlafjord Tunnel from Sveio to the island of Føyno, the Stord Bridge from there to Stord, and a road including the Bømla Bridge and the Spissøy Bridge to Bømlo. The section from Sveio to Stord is part of European route E39, European Route E39, while the branch to Bømlo is part of Norwegian County Road 542, County Road 542. The Bømlo Tunnel is long and reaches below mean sea level. It is the longest list of subsea tunnels in Norway, subsea tunnel in Norway and was the deepest in the world when it opened. The Stord Bridge and Bømla Bridge are both suspension bridges, with lengths of and main span (architecture), spans of . The Spissøy Bridge is a beam bridge. The link is long toll road with a toll plaza on Føyno. The section from Stord to Bømlo has a pedestrian and bicycle p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bømla Bridge
The Bømla Bridge () is a suspension bridge which crosses Spissøysundet between the islands of Nautøy in Stord Municipality and Spissøy in Bømlo Municipality, Norway. The bridge is long, has a main span of and a clearance below of . It carries two lanes of County Road 542 (former National Road 542) and a combined pedestrian and bicycle pathway. It is part of the Triangle Link, a fixed link which connects Stord to Bømlo, and both to the mainland at Sveio. Plans for a crossing arose in the 1960s, and was until the 1990s planned as a pontoon bridge further north. The Bømla Bridge entered the plans after the decision to combine the crossing with the Bømlafjord Tunnel. Construction started in 1999; the bridge cost 342 million Norwegian krone (NOK) and was opened for use on 30 April 2001. The bridge is a toll road. Background The motivation for the Triangle Link was the desire to have a fixed link between the islands of Stord and Bømlo. The first documented proposals were m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bømlo (island)
Bømlo (or Bømmeløy) is an island in Vestland county, Norway. At , it is the largest island in the island municipality of Bømlo, lying just off the western coast of Norway. The island sits at the northern entrance to the vast Hardangerfjorden, west of the Stokksundet strait, south of the Selbjørnsfjorden, and east of the North Sea. In the 1800s, the Kulleseid Canal was built across a small isthmus in the central part of the island, giving a shortcut from the eastern side of the island to the western side of the island. The large island of Stord lies just to the east and the smaller island of Moster lies to the southwest. There are hundreds of other small islands surrounding Bømlo. The island does have a permanent ferry-free road connection to the mainland via the Triangle Link: the Spissøy Bridge, the Bømla Bridge, and then the Bømlafjord Tunnel. The main settlements on the island include the villages of Svortland, Rubbestadneset, Foldrøyhamn, Langevåg a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nautøy
Nautøy or Nautøya is an unpopulated island in Stord municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It sits at the southern end of the Stokksund sound about south of the village of Sagvåg. The island is connected to the nearby island of Spissøy by the Bømla Bridge and to the nearby island of Føyno via a small bridge. Country Road 542, part of the Triangle Link, runs across the island. See also *List of islands of Norway This is a list of islands of Norway sorted by name. For a list sorted by area, see List of islands of Norway by area. A * Alden * Aldra * Algrøy * Alsta * Altra * Anda * Andabeløya * Andørja * Andøya, Vesterålen * Andøya, Agder ... References Islands of Vestland Stord Uninhabited islands of Norway {{Vestland-island-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moster (island)
Moster is an island in Bømlo municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The island lies just south of the large island of Bømlo, surrounded by the Bømlafjorden. The Røyksund Channel is a small navigable channel that separates Moster from the island of Bømlo. There is one bridge on the Norwegian County Road 542 that crosses the channel, connecting the island to the rest of the municipality, which in turn is connected to the mainland via the Triangle Link. The island is the location of the village of Mosterhamn. The thousand-year old Old Moster Church is located in Mosterhamn, and the newer Moster Church is also located on the island. The ''Mostrating'' was a thing that was held in Moster in 1024 by King Olav II and Bishop Grimketel. This is considered the meeting that made Christianity the national religion of Norway. See also *List of islands of Norway This is a list of islands of Norway sorted by name. For a list sorted by area, see List of islands of Norway by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Islands Of Norway
This is a list of islands of Norway sorted by name. For a list sorted by area, see List of islands of Norway by area. A * Alden * Aldra * Algrøy * Alsta * Altra * Anda * Andabeløya * Andørja * Andøya, Vesterålen * Andøya, Agder * Arnøy, Salten * Arnøya * Arøya * Askerøya * Askrova * Askøy * Aspøya, Tingvoll * Aspøya, Ålesund * Atløy * Austra * Austvågøya * Averøya * Azero B * Barmen * Barmøya * Barøya * Bear Island (Bjørnøya) * Bergsøya, Gjemnes * Bergsøya, Herøy * Bispøyan * Bjarkøya * Bjorøy * Bjørnøya * Bjørøya * Bleiksøya * Blomøy * Bokn * Bolga * Bolsøya * Borgan * Borøya, Tvedestrand * Bouvetøya * Bragdøya * Brattværet * Brattøra * Bremangerlandet * Brottøya * Bru * Bulandet * Bømlo * Børøya D * Dimnøya * Dolmøya * Dryna * Dvergsøya * Dyrøya, Troms * Dyrøya, Øksnes * Dønna E * Edøya * Eika, Møre og Romsdal * Ellingsøya * Elvalandet * Engeløya * Ertvågsà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otterøya (Hordaland)
Otterøya is an island in Namsos Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The island is the largest island in the northern part of Trøndelag county. Otterøya sits just to the northwest of the Namsos (town), town of Namsos on the north side of the Namsenfjorden. It is connected to the mainland by the Lokkaren Bridge. The island was once governed by Otterøy Municipality and Fosnes Municipality, and became a part of Namsos Municipality in 1964. Otterøy Church is located on the island. Notable residents *Idar Lind (born 1954), Norwegian writer See also *List of islands of Norway by area *List of islands of Norway References Islands of Trøndelag Namsos {{Trøndelag-island-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vestland
Vestland is a Counties of Norway, county in Norway. The county is located in Western Norway, and its administrative centre is Bergen, where the executive and political leadership is based. The County governor (Norway), County Governor is based in Hermansverk. Vestland is one of two counties in Norway that have Nynorsk as their official written language form. Vestland was created on 1 January 2020, when the former counties of Hordaland and Sogn og Fjordane were merged. History Vestland county is a newly created county, but it has been inhabited for millennia. The area was made up of many petty kingdoms under the Gulating during the Middle Ages. The northern part was then known as ''Firdafylke'' (now the Fjordane region; Nordfjord-Sunnfjord), the central area was known as ''Sygnafylke'' (now the Sogn region), and the southern part was known as ''Hordafylke''. In the early 16th century, Norway was divided into four ''len''. The Bergenhus len was headquartered in Bergen and encompa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a Dependencies of Norway, dependency, and not a part of the Kingdom; Norway also Territorial claims in Antarctica, claims the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. Norway has a population of 5.6 million. Its capital and largest city is Oslo. The country has a total area of . The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden, and is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast. Norway has an extensive coastline facing the Skagerrak strait, the North Atlantic Ocean, and the Barents Sea. The unified kingdom of Norway was established in 872 as a merger of Petty kingdoms of Norway, petty kingdoms and has existed continuously for years. From 1537 to 1814, Norway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hardangerfjorden
The Hardangerfjord () is the fifth longest fjord in the world, and the List of Norwegian fjords, second longest fjord in Norway. It is located in Vestland county in the Hardanger region. The fjord stretches from the Atlantic Ocean into the mountainous interior of Norway along the Hardangervidda plateau. The innermost point of the fjord reaches the town of Odda (town), Odda. Location The Hardangerfjord starts at the Atlantic Ocean about south of the city of Bergen. Here the fjord heads in a northeasterly direction between the island of Bømlo (island), Bømlo and the mainland. It passes by the larger islands of Stord (island), Stord, Tysnesøya, and Varaldsøy (island), Varaldsøy on the north/west side and the Folgefonna peninsula on the south/east side. Once it is surrounded by the mainland, it begins to branch off into smaller fjords that reach inwards towards the grand Hardangervidda mountain plateau. The longest branch of the Hardangerfjord is Sørfjorden (Hardanger), S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stokksundet (Hordaland)
Stokksundet is a sound between the islands of Stord and Bømlo in Vestland county, Norway. It is about long and it runs from the village of Koløyhamn in the north to the islands of Føyno, Nautøya, and Spyssøya in the south. The Digernessundet is a small strait on the south end that connects the Stokksundet to the vast Hardangerfjorden. On the southern end of the strait, the Stord Bridge and Bømla Bridge cross the sound, connecting the islands of Stord and Bømlo to the Bømlafjord Tunnel as part of the Triangle Link The Triangle Link () is a fixed link with three branches connecting the islands of Stord and Bømlo to each other and the mainland at Sveio, Norway. It consists of the underwater Bømlafjord Tunnel from Sveio to the island of Føyno, the Stord ... which connects both islands to the mainland. References Sounds of Vestland Stord Bømlo {{Vestland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
