Varhaugvika is a village in the municipality of Aukra

Aukra

Aukra is a village and municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the region of Romsdalen. The administrative centre is the village of Aukra....

 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 is located on the island of Gossa along the Julsund

Julsund

Julsundet is a long strait between the North Atlantic Ocean and the Romsdalsfjord, about 15 minutes west of Molde, Norway. It runs through the municipalities of Fræna, Aukra, Molde, and Midsund, flowing north-south from Bud to Julneset . It is between the Romsdal peninsula and the islands of...

 strait, just north of the village of Aukrasanden

Aukrasanden

Aukrasanden is a village in the municipality of Aukra in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the southeast side of the island of Gossa, just south of the village of Varhaugvika. It has a ferry connection to Hollingen which is located on the mainland across the Julsund strait....

. Since 2002, Varhaugvika has been considered a part of the Aukra

Aukra

Aukra is a village and municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the region of Romsdalen. The administrative centre is the village of Aukra....

 urban area, so its population is no longer tracked separately.

It is located about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) southwest of the Nyhamna

Nyhamna

Nyhamna is a small peninsula on the northeast side of the island of Gossa in the municipality of Aukra in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located about northeast of the village of Varhaugvika and northeast of Aukrasanden....

 gas processing facility. The village of Røssøyvågen

Røssøyvågen

Røssøyvågen is a village in the municipality of Aukra in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the west side of the island of Gossa. It is about northwest of Varhaugvika, northwest of Aukrasanden, and west of Nyhamna....

lies about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) northwest of Varhaugvika.