Bjelkarøy

Bjelkarøyna
Bjelkarøy

Bjelkarøy ferry quay

Location in Hordaland county
Geography
Location Hordaland, Norway
Coordinates 60°14′38″N 5°12′54″E / 60.2440°N 5.2149°E / 60.2440; 5.2149Coordinates: 60°14′38″N 5°12′54″E / 60.2440°N 5.2149°E / 60.2440; 5.2149
Area 1.1 km2 (0.42 sq mi)
Length 1.9 km (1.18 mi)
Width 930 m (3,050 ft)
Highest elevation 55 m (180 ft)
Country
County Hordaland
Municipality Sund

Bjelkarøyna or Bjelkarøy is an island in Sund municipality in Hordaland county, Norway.[1] The 1.1-square-kilometre (270-acre) island lies in the southern part of the Raunefjorden between the mainland Bergen Peninsula and the large island of Sotra. The small island of Lerøyna lies just east of Bjelkarøyna and the city of Bergen is located just to the east on the mainland.

The island has a small number of permanent residents and many vacation cabins. There is no road connection off the island, but there is a regular ferry route from Klokkarvik on Sotra, to Lerøyna, to Bjelkarøyna, and then to Hjellestad in Bergen on the mainland. Sund and Bergen municipalities have been making plans to build a road bridge connecting Lerøyna and Bjelkarøyna with a possible connection to the mainland.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Bjelkarøyna, Sund (Hordaland)" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 2014-12-10.
  2. ↑ "Fastlandssamband for LerøyogBjelkarøy" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Bergen kommune. Retrieved 2014-12-10.


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