Bergsøya is an

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 ...

Gjemnes Municipality Gjemnes is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway on the Romsdal peninsula. It is part of the Nordmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Batnfjordsøra, which lies along the Batnfjorden and it is a former steamship ...

Møre og Romsdal Møre og Romsdal (; ) is a Counties of Norway, county in the northernmost part of Western Norway, Western Norway. It borders the counties of Trøndelag, Innlandet, and Vestland. The county administration is located in the Molde (town), town of M ...

county,

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. The island is located near the junctions of the

Freifjorden Freifjorden is a fjord in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The long fjord flows through Kristiansund Municipality, Tingvoll Municipality, and Gjemnes Municipality. The fjord begins near the island of Tustna and flows southwest between the islan ...

Kvernesfjorden Kvernesfjorden is a fjord between the municipalities of Gjemnes, Kristiansund, Averøy, and Hustadvika in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The fjord is about long. The fjord begins at the end of the Kornstadfjorden near the village of Eide a ...

, and Tingvollfjorden. The highest point on the island is the tall mountain ''Brannhaugen''. The island is connected to

Kristiansund Municipality Kristiansund (, ; historically spelled Christianssund and earlier named Fosna) is a municipality on the western coast of Norway in the Nordmøre district of Møre og Romsdal county. The administrative center of the municipality is the town of K ...

(to the north) and the mainland part of Gjemnes Municipality by the

Krifast The Kristiansund Mainland Connection ( or abbreviated ''Krifast'') is a road system consisting of the European route E39 highway and Norwegian National Road 70 that connects Kristiansund Municipality to the neighboring islands of Frei, Bergsøya ...

network (a network of 2 bridges and 1 undersea tunnel). It is connected to the mainland in the west by the

Gjemnessund Bridge The Gjemnessund Bridge () is a suspension bridge that crosses the Gjemnessundet strait between the mainland and the island of Bergsøya in Gjemnes Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The bridge was the longest suspension bridge in ...

, to the island of

Frei Frei may refer to: People * Frei family, a Chilean family formed by the descendants of Swiss Eduardo Frei Schlinz and Chilean Victoria Montalva Martínez * Frei (surname), a surname * Frei Otto, German architect Places Brazil * Frei Gaspar, a ...

(and Kristiansund Municipality) to the north by the

Freifjord Tunnel The Freifjord Tunnel () is a long undersea tunnel under the Freifjorden in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The tunnel is part of the Norwegian National Road 70. The tunnel begins on the island of Frei in Kristiansund Municipality and then desce ...

, and to the island of Aspøya in

Tingvoll Municipality Tingvoll is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Nordmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Tingvollvågen. Other villages include Meisingset, Kvisvik, Grimstad, and Torjulvågen. The munici ...

to the east by the

Bergsøysund Bridge The Bergsøysund Bridge () is a pontoon bridge that crosses the Bergsøysundet strait between the islands of Aspøya, Tingvoll, Aspøya (in Tingvoll Municipality) and Bergsøya, Gjemnes, Bergsøya (in Gjemnes Municipality) in Møre og Romsdal coun ...

. The

European route E39 European route E39 is the designation of a north–south road in Norway and Denmark from Klett, just south of Trondheim (city), Trondheim, to Aalborg via Bergen, Stavanger and Kristiansand. In total, there are nine ferries, more than any other ...

highway runs across the island via the two bridges and

Norwegian National Road 70 National Road 70 () is a long national highway that runs from the town of Kristiansund in Kristiansund Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county and the village of Oppdal in Oppdal Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The road starts in ...

runs across the island and into the Freifjord Tunnel.

References

Islands of Møre og Romsdal Gjemnes {{MøreRomsdal-island-stub

See also

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