Knarrlagsund
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Knarrlagsund or Knarrlaget is a village on the island of Ulvøya
in the municipality of Hitra
in Sør-Trøndelag
county, Norway
. It is located on the southern part of the island about 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) east of Ulvan
.
The village lies along the Knarrlagsundet strait
which separates the islands of Ulvøya
and Fjellværsøya
. There is a bridge across the strait at Knarrlagsund.
Ulvøya (Hitra)
Ulvøya is an island in the municipality of Hitra in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The island is located just north of Fjellværsøya island. The Knarrlagsundet bridge connects the two islands. The island is home to the villages of Knarrlagsund and Ulvan. Marine Harvest has a fish processing...
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 located on the southern part of the island about 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) east of Ulvan
Ulvan
Ulvan is a village on the island of Ulvøya in the municipality of Hitra in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located on the western side of the island on the Frøyfjorden, about west of Knarrlagsund. Ulvan is home to a large fish processing plant operated by Marine Harvest....
.
The village lies along the Knarrlagsundet strait
Strait
A strait or straits is a narrow, typically navigable channel of water that connects two larger, navigable bodies of water. It most commonly refers to a channel of water that lies between two land masses, but it may also refer to a navigable channel through a body of water that is otherwise not...
which separates the islands of Ulvøya
Ulvøya (Hitra)
Ulvøya is an island in the municipality of Hitra in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The island is located just north of Fjellværsøya island. The Knarrlagsundet bridge connects the two islands. The island is home to the villages of Knarrlagsund and Ulvan. Marine Harvest has a fish processing...
and Fjellværsøya
Fjellværsøya
Fjellværsøya is an island in the municipality of Hitra in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The island is located in the eastern part of Hitra surrounded by the Frøyfjorden, Kråkvågfjorden, and Fillfjorden....
. There is a bridge across the strait at Knarrlagsund.