Coordinates: 60°26′48″N 4°54′59″E / 60.4466°N 4.9163°E / 60.4466; 4.9163

Turøyna

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Turøyna
Turøy (unofficial)[1]
Lua error in Module:Infobox_mapframe at line 197: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
Geography
LocationVestland, Norway
CoordinatesLua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
Area1.67 km2 (0.64 sq mi)
Length2.5 km (1.55 mi)
Width1 km (0.6 mi)
Coastline7.63 km (4.741 mi)
Highest elevation74.5 m (244.4 ft)
Highest pointTurøyvarden
Administration
Norway
CountyVestland
MunicipalityØygarden Municipality

Turøyna[1] is an island in Øygarden Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The 1.67-square-kilometre (0.64 sq mi) island lies just west of the islands of Toftøyna and Misje. Prior to 1964, the island was part of the old Herdla Municipality. Then from 1964 until 2020 it was part of Fjell Municipality.[2]

About 100 people live on this island, which has a road connection to the mainland via the Turøy Bridge which connects to the island of Toftøyna. The road then continues over a series of bridges connecting a string of islands to each other and to the city of Bergen. The postcode is 5365 Turøy.

The island is a good spot for birdwatching and hosts an ornithological station.[3]

The island received some notoriety because of a 2016 helicopter crash that killed all 13 people on board, mainly oil workers. The chopper was flying from the Gullfaks oil field to Bergen.[4]

See also

[edit | edit source]

References

[edit | edit source]
  1. ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  2. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  3. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  4. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).

Lua error in Module:Authority_control at line 153: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).