Toftøyna

Coordinates: 60°28′56″N 4°57′00″E / 60.4821°N 4.9500°E / 60.4821; 4.9500
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Zackmann08 (talk | contribs) at 20:15, 28 November 2016 (Fixing infobox to not use deprecated format). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Toftøyna
Toftøy
Toftøyna Toftøy is located in Hordaland
Toftøyna Toftøy
Toftøyna
Toftøy
Location in Hordaland
Geography
LocationHordaland, Norway
Coordinates60°28′56″N 4°57′00″E / 60.4821°N 4.9500°E / 60.4821; 4.9500
Demographics
Population989

Toftøyna or Toftøy is an island in Øygarden municipality in northwestern Hordaland county, Norway. The 7.5-square-kilometre (2.9 sq mi) 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.[1]

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 lies to the west. There are two small straits to the north and south of the island, separating it from the neighboring islands of Rongøy and Misje.

See also

References

  1. ^ Store norske leksikon. "Toftøy" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2014-11-24.