Gurskøy is an island in the municipalities of Sande

Sande, Møre og Romsdal

Sande is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Larsnes on the island of Gurskøya.-General information:...

 and Herøy

Herøy, Møre og Romsdal

Herøy is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre is the town of Fosnavåg on the island of Bergsøya. The industrial area of Eggesbønes is located south of Fosnavåg on the same island...

 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...

. The island has an area of 137 square kilometres (52.9 sq mi). The villages of Gursken

Gursken

Gursken is a village in the municipality of Sande in Møre og Romsdal county in the northwestern part of Norway. The village is situated on Gurskøya island in the southwestern part of Møre og Romsdal. Gursken church is located here. Neighboring villages are Gjerdsvika and Larsnes...

, Larsnes

Larsnes

Larsnes is the administrative centre of the municipality of Sande in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the southwest side of the island of Gurskøy, about east of the island of Kvamsøya, southwest of the village of Gursken, and about southwest of Ulsteinvik.The village has a...

, and Moldtustranda are located on the island. The southern part of the island was historically part of the municipality of Rovde

Rovde

Rovde is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Rovde included the area on both the north and south sides of the Rovdefjorden. The northern area on the island of Gurskøy is currently part of the municipality of Sande and the southern area is part of Vanylven...

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The island lies north of the Rovdestranda area on the mainland and between the islands of Hareidlandet

Hareidlandet

Hareidlandet is an island in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the municipalities of Hareid and Ulstein. The island has a population of 11,687. The island is mentioned by Snorri in his reports about the Battle of Hjörungavágr in 986 where Haakon Jarl defeated Bue Digre and the...

 (on the east) and Kvamsøya

Kvamsøya

Kvamsøya is an island in the municipality of Sande in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located east of Stad in Selje and about west of Larsnes on the island of Gurskøy. The island is mountainous and has very few trees on it....

, Voksa, and Sandsøya (on the west).

The island is home to many fishing-related industries such as fishing

Fishing

Fishing is the activity of trying to catch wild fish. Fish are normally caught in the wild. Techniques for catching fish include hand gathering, spearing, netting, angling and trapping....

 and fish processing

Fish processing

The term fish processing refers to the processes associated with fish and fish products between the time fish are caught or harvested, and the time the final product is delivered to the customer...

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