Varaldsøy 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 ...
(and village) in the municipality of
Kvinnherad in
Vestland 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 is the largest island in the
Hardangerfjorden. Most of the inhabitants live on the southern tip of the island in the village of Varaldsøy, where
Varaldsøy Church is located. The tall mountain ''Øyefjellet'' is the highest point on the island.
History
The island was historically a part of
Strandebarm municipality until 1902 when it was transferred to the new
Varaldsøy Municipality. The island made up the majority of the municipality (plus some of the mainland to the west and north). In 1965, the municipality of Varaldsøy was dissolved in a period of municipal consolidations in Norway. The island was then transferred to the municipality of
Kvinnherad.
See also
*
List of islands of Norway
References
Islands of Vestland
Villages in Vestland
Kvinnherad
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