Toftøyna or Toftøy 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 ...
in
Øygarden
Øygarden is a Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is an island municipality located in the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Midhordland, stretching along the west coast of the coun ...
municipality in
Vestland
Vestland is a Counties of Norway, county in Norway. The county is located in Western Norway, and its administrative centre is Bergen, where the executive and political leadership is based. The County governor (Norway), County Governor is based in ...
county,
Norway
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. The island is the southernmost of the main islands of Øygarden. It is connected by bridge to the island of
Rongøy (to the north), to the small island of
Turøy (to the southwest), and to the island of
Misje in
Fjell municipality (to the south). Toftøyna is connected to the mainland by a series of bridges by heading south via Misje island.
There are 2 main settlements on the rocky island:
Vikavågen on the southeastern shore and
Torsteinsvik on the northwestern shore. The main road on the island is
Norwegian County Road 561 which runs between the two villages, connecting it to the surrounding islands. The
Hjeltefjorden flows along the eastern shore of the island and the
North Sea
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lies to the west. There are two small
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 ...
s to the north and south of the island, separating it from the neighboring islands of Rongøy and Misje.
See also
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List of islands of Norway
References
Islands of Vestland
Øygarden
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