Averøya is an island in the municipality of Averøy

Averøy

Averøy is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the region of Nordmøre. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bruhagen. Other villages in the municipality include Sveggen, Bremsnes, Vebenstad, Kvernes, Kornstad, Kårvåg, and Langøy.The...

 in Møre og Romsdal

Møre og Romsdal

is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland and Sogn og Fjordane. The county administration is located in Molde, while Ålesund is the largest city.-The name:...

 county, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. It is located north of the Romsdal peninsula

Romsdal Peninsula

Romsdalshalvøya, sometimes translated as the Romsdal Peninsula is a peninsula located in the Romsdal district of Møre og Romsdal county in Norway...

 surrounded by the Kornstadfjord

Kornstadfjord

Kornstadfjord is a fjord in the municipalities of Averøy and Eide in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The long fjord runs between the Romsdal peninsula and the island of Averøya...

 on the west and the Kvernesfjord

Kvernesfjord

Kvernesfjord is a fjord between the municipalities of Gjemnes, Kristiansund, Averøy, and Eide in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The fjord is about long....

 on the south and east. The main villages on the 165 square kilometres (63.7 sq mi) island include Bruhagen

Bruhagen

Bruhagen is a village and the administrative center in the municipality of Averøy in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the east side of the island of Averøya, about mid-way between the villages of Bremsnes and Kvernes....

, Kvernes

Kvernes

Kvernes is a village and former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The former municipality originally encompassed the island of Averøya, part of the Romsdal peninsula, and part of the island of Frei. Over time it gradually got smaller until 1964, when the municipality was merged...

, Kornstad

Kornstad

Kornstad is a village and a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The former municipality covered the southwestern part of the island of Averøya and the small Vevang area on the Romsdal peninsula. The village is located in the present-day municipality of Averøy, on the west side...

, Kårvåg

Kårvåg

Kårvåg is a village in the municipality of Averøy in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the west side of the island of Averøya near the east end of the Atlanterhavsveien. The village of Kornstad lies to the south and Langøy is to the north. The village has a population of 275....

, Langøy

Langøy, Møre og Romsdal

Langøy is a village in the municipality of Averøy in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the northern part of the island of Averøya. It is located west of Bremsnes and northeast of Kårvåg. The Langøy kapell is located here. The village has a population of 370....

, and Bremsnes

Bremsnes

Bremsnes is a village and former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is on the northeastern coast of the island of Averøya, about north of the village of Kvernes and across the Bremnesfjord from the city of Kristiansund. The village is connected to Kristiansund via the...

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The island is connected to the mainland by the Atlanterhavsveien

Atlanterhavsveien

The Atlantic Ocean Road or the Atlantic Road is a long section of County Road 64 which runs through an archipelago in Eide and Averøy in Møre og Romsdal, Norway. It runs along the unsheltered Hustadvika between the villages of Kårvåg on Averøy with Vevang in Eide, and is a fixed link connecting...

 road, and it is connected to Kristiansund

Kristiansund

Kristiansund is a city and municipality on the western coast of Norway, in the Nordmøre district of Møre og Romsdal county. It was officially awarded township status in 1742, and it is still the major town for the region. The administrative center of the municipality is the city of Kristiansund...

 via the Atlantic Ocean Tunnel

Atlantic Ocean Tunnel

The Atlantic Ocean Tunnel is an undersea tunnel that connects the city of Kristiansund with the island of Averøya to the west in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The long tunnel reaches a depth of , making it one of the deepest undersea tunnels in the world. Construction began in 2006 and the...

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