Vågsøy 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 ...

Kinn Municipality Kinn is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It was established on 1 January 2020. It is in the traditional districts of Nordfjord and Sunnfjord. The municipality is the only non-contiguous municipality in Norway since the municipality of ...

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 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 lies on the northern side of the mouth of the Nordfjorden, the sixth longest

fjord In physical geography, a fjord (also spelled fiord in New Zealand English; ) is a long, narrow sea inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. Fjords exist on the coasts of Antarctica, the Arctic, and surrounding landmasses of the n ...

in Norway. The Stadlandet peninsula lies to the north of the island, the islands of Silda and

Barmøya Barmøya or Barmen is a small island in Stad Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The island lies just off the mainland between the Stad peninsula and the island of Vågsøy. Most of the island's 50 or so residents live on the southern sh ...

and the mainland lie to the east of the island, the island of

Husevågøy Husevågøy is an island in Kinn Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The island is mountainous with few trees. The island lies in the mouth of the Nordfjorden, between the islands of Vågsøy and Bremangerlandet. In 2018, there were abo ...

lies to the south (in the middle of the mouth of the Nordfjorden), and the open ocean lies to the west. Since the island lies along the open ocean, which can be rough, there are several

lighthouse A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lens (optics), lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways. Ligh ...

s along the coastline of the island including: Hendanes Lighthouse, Kråkenes Lighthouse, and Skongenes Lighthouse. The highest point on the island is the tall ''Veten''. The island is connected to the mainland by the

Måløy Bridge The Måløy Bridge () is a cantilever road bridge in Kinn Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The bridge connects the village area of Degnepoll on the mainland and the town of Måløy on the island of Vågsøy. The bridge carries Norwegi ...

. The main population centre on the island is the town of

Måløy Måløy () is a List of towns and cities in Norway, town in the List of municipalities of Norway, municipality of Kinn in Vestland county, Norway. It is located on the southeastern side of the Vågsøy (island), island of Vågsøy, about northea ...

, which is also the

administrative centre An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune, is located. In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgi ...

for the municipality. Other population centres are the villages of

Raudeberg Raudeberg is a village in Kinn Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located on the east side of the island of Vågsøy. The villages of Refvika, Vedvika, and Langeneset are located a few kilometers to the north, and the town of Mål� ...

, Kvalheim, Langenes, Refvik,

Vågsvåg Vågsvåg is a village in Kinn Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located on the southern shore of the island of Vågsøy (island), Vågsøy along the Vågsfjorden, a part of the main Nordfjorden (Sogn og Fjordane), Nordfjorden. The ...

, and Vedvik. The population (2001) of the whole island was 4,207. There are 2 churches on the island: Nord-Vågsøy Church in Raudeberg and

Sør-Vågsøy Church Sør-Vågsøy Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Kinn Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the town of Måløy on the southeastern coast of the Vågsøy (island), island of Vågsøy. It is the church for t ...

in Måløy.

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File:Refvikstranda.JPG, View of the Refvik beach File:Ulvesundet.JPG, Looking north, Måløy on Vågsøy island is to the left File:Hendanes fyr.JPG, Looking south from Kvalheim towards Hendanes Lighthouse File:Kannesteinen 01.jpg, Kannesteinen rock, along the shore of Vågsøy File:Maloy tunliweb 2.jpg, The town of Måløy File:Husevåg Husevågøy tunliweb 102.jpg, The small village Husevåg at

File:Husevåg Ferieparadis 05 Husevågøy.jpg, Houses in Husevåg at

File:Kråkenes Lighthouse summer1.JPG, Kråkenes Lighthouse

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Islands of Vestland Kinn {{Vestland-island-stub

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