Engø or Engøy is a

peninsula A peninsula is a landform that extends from a mainland and is only connected to land on one side. Peninsulas exist on each continent. The largest peninsula in the world is the Arabian Peninsula. Etymology The word ''peninsula'' derives , . T ...

Sandefjord Municipality Sandefjord () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Vestfold. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Sandefjord ...

Vestfold Vestfold () is a county and a current electoral district in Norway. Located on the western shore of the Oslofjord, it borders Buskerud and Telemark counties. The county administration is located in Tønsberg, Norway's oldest city, and the larg ...

county,

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. It is located between the

Tønsbergfjorden Tønsbergfjorden is a fjord in Vestfold county, Norway. The long fjord runs between the mainland (Sandefjord Municipality) and the islands of Tjøme and Nøtterøy (Færder Municipality). The fjord has a number of islands located within it inclu ...

and Lahellefjorden, about to the east of the city of Sandefjord. The island of

Natholmen Natholmen or Nattholmen is an island in Sandefjord Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The island is located in the Tønsbergfjorden at the entrance to the Lahellefjorden. The island is situated about to the east of the Sandefjord (town), ...

lies just to the south of the peninsula. Engøy is located next to

Lahelle Lahelle is a village in Sandefjord Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The village is located at the innermost part of the long Lahellefjorden. It is also located at the northern end of the Østerøya peninsula. The village is about to th ...

, northeast of the city. A ferry operator, known as '' Jutøya AS'', operates a small ferry which connects Engø to the nearby car-free island of

Veierland Veierland is a populated, Car-free islands, car-free island in Færder Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The island is located in the Tønsbergfjorden, between the mainland (to the west), the island of Tjøme (island), Tjøme (to the east ...

, which is a popular summer tourist attraction. The ferry, known as '' MF Jutøya'', is operated on contract with

Vestviken Kollektivtrafikk Vestfold Kollektivtrafikk (VKT) (lit. ''Vestfold Public Transport'') is the public transport administration for the counties of Norway, county of Vestfold in Norway. VKT is responsible for planning, organising and marketing bus transport in the c ...

. The ferry ride to

island takes approximately 10 minutes.

Name

The original name of the island was ''Engøy'', which is a combination of the words which means "

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" and which means "

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 ...

". Former written forms include ''Ænghøy'' (in 1398), ''Enngøenn'' (1575), ''Engøen'' (1644), and later on ''Engø''.

References

Peninsulas of Vestfold Sandefjord {{Vestfold-geo-stub