Vanna (Troms)
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Vanna is a rocky island in Karlsøy
Karlsøy
Karlsøy is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Hansnes. Karlsøy is also the name of a village on Karlsøya island in the municipality of Karlsøy. The village of Karlsøy had a population of 70.- General information :Karlsøy was...

 municipality, 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...

. Its area is 232 square kilometres (89.6 sq mi). The highest peak is Vanntinden at a height of 1031 metres (3,382.5 ft) above sea level. The population of the island (2001) is 973. Vanna is the 17th largest island in Norway by area. Vannvåg and Vannareid are the two main urban areas on the island.

The islands of Nord-Kvaløya
Nord-Kvaløya
Nordkvaløya is an uninhabited island in Karlsøy municipality, Troms county, Norway. The island is situated north of Ringvassøya and west of Helgøy. Nord-Kvaløya has an area of . The highest point is Storalangen at ....

 and Helgøya
Helgøy
Helgøy is an island and a former municipality in Troms county in Norway. It is located in the western part of the present-day municipality of Karlsøy...

 lie to the west of the island, and Fugløya and 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....

 lie to the east of it. Karlsøya
Karlsøya (Troms)
Karlsøya is an island in Karlsøy, Troms, Norway. The name Karlsøy comes from the man's name Kalfr which comes from Kalven, formerly meaning "the little island which lies next to the bigger one", referring to Vanna. Karlsøya lies directly south of Vanna and north-east of Reinøya...

, Reinøya
Reinøya
Reinøya is an island in the municipality of Karlsøy in Troms county, Norway. Its area is . The southern part of the island was part of the municipality of Tromsø until 2008 when it was transferred to Karlsøy....

, and Ringvassøy
Ringvassøy
Ringvassøya is a large island in Troms county, Norway. It is divided between the municipalities of Tromsø and Karlsøy.With an area of , Ringvassøy is the sixth largest island in mainland Norway. The island's highest point, Soltindan, has a height of above sea level. The long Skogsfjordvatnet...

a are located to the south of the island. There is ferry
Ferry
A ferry is a form of transportation, usually a boat, but sometimes a ship, used to carry primarily passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo as well, across a body of water. Most ferries operate on regular, frequent, return services...

service to Karlsøya and Ringvassøya departing from the village of Skanningen on the southern tip of Vanna.
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