Andabeløya or Andabeløyna is a populated
island
An island or isle is a piece of land, distinct from a continent, completely surrounded by water. There are continental islands, which were formed by being split from a continent by plate tectonics, and oceanic islands, which have never been ...
in
Flekkefjord municipality in
Agder
Agder is a counties of Norway, county () and districts of Norway, traditional region in the southern part of Norway and is coextensive with the Southern Norway region. The county was established on 1 January 2020, when the old Vest-Agder and Au ...
county,
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 ...
. The island lies at the mouth of the
Fedafjorden, just east of the island of
Hidra. The one village on the island is called Andabeløy.
The island is very mountainous and rugged. All the island's population lives in the village of Andabeløy, located at the relatively flat northern end of the island. In 2015, there were about 100 residents living on the island. The island is connected to the mainland by a ferry at the north end of the island.
See also
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List of islands of Norway
References
External links
Webcam
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Flekkefjord
Islands of Agder
Villages in Agder