Kirkelandet is an island in the municipality of 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...

 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 is split in two by the Vågen inlet, with the western half called Kirkelandet and the eastern half called Gomalandet. Kirkelandet Church

Kirkelandet Church

Kirkelandet Church is the main church of the municipality of Kristiansund, in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It was built in 1964, and it is located on the island of Kirkelandet. The church is part of the Diocese of Møre of the Church of Norway. Sverre Reinert Jansen is the Dean.-Building:The...

 is located on the western part of the island.

The island is the main island of the city of Kristiansund, with the island of Innlandet to the southwest, the island of Nordlandet

Nordlandet

Nordlandet is an island in the municipality of Kristiansund in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island is located just east of the city center of Kristiansund, and is one of the boroughs of the city...

 to the southeast, and the island of Skorpa to the east. The Sørsund Bridge

Sørsund Bridge, Kristiansund

Sørsund Bridge is a bridge that crosses the Sørsundet strait between the islands of Kirkelandet and Innlandet in the town of Kristiansund in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The long bridge has 19 spans, with a main span of...

 connects the island to Innlandet and the Nordsund Bridge

Nordsund Bridge, Kristiansund

Nordsund Bridge is a bridge that crosses the Nordsundet between the islands of Nordlandet and Gomalandet in the town of Kristiansund in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The bridge is long, and the maximum clearance to the sea is ....

 connects it to the island of Nordlandet. 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...

 connects the island to Averøya

Averøya

Averøya is an island in the municipality of Averøy in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located north of the Romsdal peninsula surrounded by the Kornstadfjord on the west and the Kvernesfjord on the south and east...

to the west.