Kågen
Encyclopedia
Kågen is an island
in the municipality of Skjervøy
in Troms
county, Norway
. It has an area of 85.7 square kilometres (33.1 sq mi). The island is home to 27 inhabitants (2001). The island is mountainous with several peaks over 1000 metres (3,280.8 ft) above sea level. The highest point is Store Kågtind at 1163 metres (3,815.6 ft). Kågen is the 52nd largest island in Norway.
There is a ferry connection with Arnøya
and Laukøya in the north, the Skjervøy Bridge
connects to the island Skjervøya to the east, and an undersea tunnel
connecting to the mainland in the south.
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 Skjervøy
Skjervøy
Skjervøy is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Skjervøy on the island of Skjervøya, where most of the inhabitants live. The main industries are fishing and ship building....
in Troms
Troms
or Romsa is a county in North Norway, bordering Finnmark to the northeast and Nordland in the southwest. To the south is Norrbotten Län in Sweden and further southeast is a shorter border with Lapland Province in Finland. To the west is the Norwegian Sea...
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 has an area of 85.7 square kilometres (33.1 sq mi). The island is home to 27 inhabitants (2001). The island is mountainous with several peaks over 1000 metres (3,280.8 ft) above sea level. The highest point is Store Kågtind at 1163 metres (3,815.6 ft). Kågen is the 52nd largest island in Norway.
There is a ferry connection with Arnøya
Arnøya
Arnøya is an island in the municipality of Skjervøy in Troms county, Norway. Its area is . The highest peak is Arnøyhøgda, at . It is the 15th largest island in Norway....
and Laukøya in the north, the Skjervøy Bridge
Skjervøy Bridge
Skjervøy Bridge , also known as Skattørsundet Bridge, is a beam bridge in the municipality of Skjervøy that crosses the Skattørsundet between the islands of Kågen and Skjervøya in Troms county, Norway. The bridge is long. Skjervøy Bridge was opened in 1971. Together with Maursund Tunnel, it...
connects to the island Skjervøya to the east, and an undersea tunnel
Undersea tunnel
An undersea tunnel is a tunnel which is partly or wholly constructed under a body of water. They are often used where building a bridge or operating a ferry link is impossible, or to provide competition for existing bridges or ferry links...
connecting to the mainland in the south.