Vernes (sometimes called ''Agdenes'') is a village in

Orkland Municipality Orkland is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Orkdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Orkang ...

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county,

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Location

The village is located on the end of the Vernes peninsula which sits at junction of the Verrafjorden and the

Trondheimsleia The Trondheimsleia is a strait in Møre og Romsdal and Trøndelag counties in Norway. The long strait runs between the islands of Smøla and Hitra and the mainland municipalities of Aure, Heim, and Orkland. The strait has several fjords whic ...

. The village is the site of the

Agdenes Church Agdenes Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Orkland Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Vernes along the Trondheimsleia in the north part of the municipality, about southwest of Vassby ...

and the Vernes ferry quay which has regular connections to the islands of

Leksa Leksa refers to two islands in the Trondheimsleia strait in Orkland Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. Leksa is made up of the smaller north island, Nordleksa, and the larger south island, Sørleksa. The two islands have been connected b ...

Storfosna Storfosna is a populated island in Ørland Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The island is located between the islands of Kråkvåg and Garten north of the mouth of the Trondheimsfjorden. The traditional district of Fosen is named af ...

, and

Garten Garten is a populated island in Ørland Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The island is located on the north side of the mouth of the Trondheimsfjorden, just southwest of the mainland. The island lies about southeast of the island of ...

to the north. Vernes is about west of the village of Vassbygda.

References

Villages in Trøndelag Orkland {{Trøndelag-geo-stub