Dimnøya or Dimna
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 ...
in
Ulstein Municipality in
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,
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 had 1,347 residents in 2020, many of whom live in the village of
Sundgota, the largest settlement on the island. Dimna is connected to the neighboring island of
Hareidlandet to the east by a wide bridge. The town of
Ulsteinvik lies northeast of the island.
The island is about long and about wide. It is located about north of the island of
Gurskøya and about north of the island of
Leinøya, both in neighboring
Herøy Municipality.
The island is best known for its sports team
Dimna IL, the club of athlete
Karsten Warholm
Karsten Warholm (; born 28 February 1996) is a Norwegian Sport of athletics, sprinter who competes in the 400 metres and 400 metres hurdles, 400 m hurdles. He is the Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics, 2020 Tokyo Olympic champion, silver meda ...
.
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
Ulstein
Islands of Møre og Romsdal
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