Mosterøy is an

island An island or isle is a piece of subcontinental land completely surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island in a river or a lake island may be ...

Stavanger Stavanger (, , US usually , ) is a city and municipality in Norway. It is the fourth largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes) and the administrative center of Rogaland county. T ...

municipality in

Rogaland Rogaland () is a county in Western Norway, bordering the North Sea to the west and the counties of Vestland to the north, Vestfold og Telemark to the east and Agder to the east and southeast. In 2020, it had a population of 479,892. The admin ...

county,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

. The island lies just southwest of the island of

Rennesøy Rennesøy is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It was merged into Stavanger municipality on 1 January 2020. It was located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Ry ...

. The smaller islands of

Sokn Sokn is an island in Stavanger municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The island lies in a group of islands on the south side of the Boknafjorden, just east of the Stavanger (city), city of Stavanger. There are several islands surrounding Sok ...

, Bru, and

Åmøy Åmøy is an island in Stavanger Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The island lies just north of the city of Stavanger in a group of islands. The islands of Sokn and Bru both lie to the west of Åmøy and the islands of Mosterøy and ...

lie to the south of Mosterøy and the islands of Klosterøy and Fjøløy lie to the west of Mosterøy. All of these islands are connected together and to the mainland city of Stavanger by a series of undersea tunnels and bridges. The Mastrafjord Tunnel connects Mosterøy to the island of

and the Askjesund Bridge connects Mosterøy to the island of Sokn. Both the tunnel and bridge are part of 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, to Aalborg via Bergen, Stavanger and Kristiansand. In total, there are nine ferries, more than any other single road in ...

highway. The island of Mosterøy has been part of Rennesøy municipality for a long time, but in 1884 it became a part of the new municipality of Mosterøy which encompassed the island plus several surrounding islands. This independent municipality existed until 1965 when it was merged back into Rennesøy municipality. Then in 2020, the island became a part of the large

Stavanger Municipality Stavanger (, , US usually , ) is a city and municipality in Norway. It is the fourth largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes) and the administrative center of Rogaland county. Th ...

. Mosterøy is a well-cultivated island, with significant

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and

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. The highest point is the tall mountain Mastravarden, located on the west side of Mosterøy. There are residential areas all over the island, but especially in the east.

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Islands of Stavanger {{Rogaland-geo-stub

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