Nordlandet 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 14.3 square kilometres (5.5 sq mi) island is located just east of the city center of Kristiansund, and is one of the boroughs of the city. The island is home to Kristiansund Airport, Kvernberget

Kristiansund Airport, Kvernberget

Kristiansund Airport, Kvernberget is a small size international airport located next to the small mountain Kvernberget, east southeast or from the town center of Kristiansund in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway, opened in 1970 and caters to the county's northern district, Nordmøre. The airport...

, which is named after the nearby 205 metres (672.6 ft) tall mountain Kvernberget

Kvernberget

Kvernberget is a barren mountain formation with a maximum elevation of , on the island of Nordlandet in the town of Kristiansund in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway...

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The highway connects the island to the city of Kristiansund and to the mainland. In the northwestern part of the island, 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 Kirkelandet

Kirkelandet

Kirkelandet is an island in the municipality of Kristiansund in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island is split in two by the Vågen inlet, with the western half called Kirkelandet and the eastern half called Gomalandet...

 and in the southwestern part of the island, the to the Omsund Bridge

Omsund Bridge

Omsund Bridge is a bridge that crosses the Omsundet between the islands of Frei and Nordlandet, in the municipality of Kristiansund in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is actually made up of two bridges, since the main bridge does not span the entire strait...

 connects it to the island of Frei

Frei

Frei is a village, island, and former municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the present-day municipality of Kristiansund between the Kvernesfjord and Freifjord...

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