Helgbustadøya is an island

Island

An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...

 in the municipality of Hitra

Hitra

Hitra is a municipality and an island in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality covers the island of Hitra and several smaller islands, and is part of the Fosen region...

 in Sør-Trøndelag

Sør-Trøndelag

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 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 an island located in the Straumsfjorden just off the northwestern coast of the island of Hitra

Hitra

Hitra is a municipality and an island in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality covers the island of Hitra and several smaller islands, and is part of the Fosen region...

, just east of the Bispøyan

Bispøyan

Bispøyan is a group of islands in the municipality of Hitra in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. They are located north of Kvenvær on the island of Hitra, and northwest of the island of Helgbustadøya. The largest islands include Burøya, Olderøya, Monsøya, and Henriksøya. The rocky islands are now...

 islands, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) northeast of the village of Kvenvær

Kvenvær

Kvenvær is a fishing village and former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The village of Kvenvær is located on the northwestern coast of the island of Hitra in the present-day municipality of Hitra. It is just south of the Bispøyan islands....

, and about 8 kilometres (5 mi) southwest of Melandsjøen

Melandsjøen

Melandsjøen or Melandsjø is a village in the municipality of Hitra in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located on the north shore of the island of Hitra, just across the strait from the island of Dolmøya....

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The eastern third of the island has a pine

Pine

Pines are trees in the genus Pinus ,in the family Pinaceae. They make up the monotypic subfamily Pinoideae. There are about 115 species of pine, although different authorities accept between 105 and 125 species.-Etymology:...

forest that is a nature reserve and the western two-thirds is a rocky, barren plateau that has many ponds and marsh areas.