Midøya is an island in the municipality of Midsund

Midsund

Midsund is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Romsdal region. The administrative centre is the village of Midsund on Otrøya island. The municipality consists of the islands of Otrøya, Midøya, Dryna, and the smaller Midsund is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal...

 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...

. It sits at the entrance to the Romsdalsfjord

Romsdalsfjord

Romsdalsfjord is the ninth longest fjord in Norway. It is long and located in the Romsdal district of Møre og Romsdal county. It flows through the municipalities of Midsund, Haram, Vestnes, Molde, Nesset, and Rauma...

 between the islands of Dryna

Dryna

Dryna is an island in the municipality of Midsund in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is the westernmost of the main islands in the municipality. The island sits between the Harøyfjord and the Midfjord, at the entrance to the great Romsdalfjord. Until 1965, Dryna was part of Haram.Dryna has a...

 and Otrøya

Otrøya

Otrøya is the largest island of the municipality of Midsund in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island sits at the entrance to the Romsdalsfjord. The highest point is Oppstadhornet at above sea level....

. Until 1965 the island was divided between the municipalities of Sør-Aukra

Sør-Aukra

Sør-Aukra is a former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It consisted of the island of Otrøya and some small surrounding islands at the entrance to the Romsdalsfjord.-History:...

 and Vatne. The Midsund Bridge

Midsund Bridge

Midsund Bridge is a bridge that crosses the Midsundet strait between the islands of Otrøya and Midøya in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The long bridge opened on 28 June 1969 and cost .-See also:*List of bridges in Norway...

 connects the island to Otrøya.

The name

The Norse form of the name was Miðja. The name is identical with the word miðja 'in the middle'. The island lies between the two other islands of Dryna

Dryna

Dryna is an island in the municipality of Midsund in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is the westernmost of the main islands in the municipality. The island sits between the Harøyfjord and the Midfjord, at the entrance to the great Romsdalfjord. Until 1965, Dryna was part of Haram.Dryna has a...

 and Otrøya

Otrøya

Otrøya is the largest island of the municipality of Midsund in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island sits at the entrance to the Romsdalsfjord. The highest point is Oppstadhornet at above sea level....

 - but it could also refer to the fact that the island was an important border mark between Sunnmøre

Sunnmøre

Sunnmøre is the southernmost traditional district of the western Norwegian county of Møre og Romsdal. Its main city is Ålesund. The region comprises the municipalities of Giske, Hareid, Herøy, Norddal, Sande, Skodje, Haram, Stordal, Stranda, Sula, Sykkylven, Ulstein, Vanylven, Volda, Ørskog,...

/Gulating

Gulating

Gulaþing is both the name of one of the first Norwegian legislative assemblies or Þing and one of the present day law courts of western Norway.-History:...

 and Romsdal

Romsdal

Romsdal is the name of a traditional district in the Norwegian county Møre og Romsdal, located between Nordmøre and Sunnmøre. The district of Romsdal comprises Aukra, Fræna, Midsund, Molde, Nesset, Rauma, Sandøy, and Vestnes. It is named for the valley of Romsdalen, which covers part of Rauma.The...

/Frostating

Frostating

Frostating was the site of an early Norwegian court. Frostating had its seat at Tinghaugen in Frosta municipality in the county of Nord-Trøndelag.-Tinghaugen:...

. (Mentioned as that in Historia Norvegiae - and it continued to be so until 1965).