Sør-Herøy () is an island in the middle of Herøy Municipality in

Nordland Nordland (; , , , ) is one of the three northernmost Counties of Norway, counties in Norway in the Northern Norway region, bordering Troms in the north, Trøndelag in the south, Norrbotten County in Sweden to the east, Västerbotten County to t ...

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 ...

. Sør-Herøy is surrounded by the following islands:

Nord-Herøy Nord-Herøy () is an island in Herøy Municipality in Nordland 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 is ...

(to the northeast),

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(to the south), and Indre Øksningan (to the northwest). To the west lies the Færøysundet

strait A strait is a water body connecting two seas or water basins. The surface water is, for the most part, at the same elevation on both sides and flows through the strait in both directions, even though the topography generally constricts the ...

, named after the islet of Færøya, which is actually a peninsula connected to Sør-Herøy. To the east lies the Herøysundet strait, which is crossed by the Herøysund Bridge and

Norwegian County Road 828 County Road 828 () is a road in Nordland County, Norway. It is also locally named ''Hæstadveien'' (Hæstad Road), ''Seløyveien'' (Seløy Road), ''Brunsvikveien'' (Brunsvik Road), ''Nord-Herøyveien'' (North Herøy Road), ''Sør-Herøyveien'' ( ...

to Nord-Herøy. To the south lies the Tennsundet strait with the Tennsund Bridge and Norwegian County Road 161 to Tenna. The bridges create part of the road network connecting the municipality of Herøy to the island of Dønna, which lies to the north in

Dønna Municipality Dønna is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland region. The administrative centre of the island municipality is the village of Solfjellsjøen. Other villages include Bjørn, Dønnes, Hestad, Sandåker, and V ...

. The island has a population of 446 (in 2017). Sør-Herøy is the location of Herøy Church, an old stone church dating from the 1100s, where the poet and priest

Petter Dass Petter Pettersen Dass (c. 1647 – 17 August 1707) was a Lutheran priest and the foremost Norwegian poet of his generation, writing both baroque hymns and topographical poetry. Biography Dass was born on the island of Dønna in what was the ...

served as a curate. The parsonage is also located on the island. Herøy School serves students from Sør-Herøy, Tenna, and Nord-Herøy islands. This area was combined into a single school district in 2008. There is a ferry stop located on the southeastern shore of the island with regular ferries to the nearby islands of

Alsten Alsta is an island in Alstahaug Municipality and Leirfjord Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The island is surrounded by the Vefsnfjorden to the east, the Leirfjorden to the north, and the Alstenfjorden to the south and west. The eastern ...

, Altra, and

Husvær Husvær is an island group in Herøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The islands are located about southwest of the municipal center of Silvalen and just southwest of the island of Tenna. The Sandværet islands lie about west of Hus ...

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