Vågsøy is an

island An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An isla ...

in Kinn Municipality in

Vestland Vestland is a Counties of Norway, county in Norway established on 1 January 2020. The county is located in Western Norway and it is centred around the city of Bergen, Norway's second largest city. The administrative centre of the county is the cit ...

county,

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of ...

. The island lies on the northern side of the mouth of the Nordfjorden, the sixth longest

fjord In physical geography, a fjord or fiord () is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. Fjords exist on the coasts of Alaska, Antarctica, British Columbia, Chile, Denmark, Germany, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Icel ...

in Norway. The

Stadlandet Stad or Stadlandet is a peninsula in Stad Municipality in the northwestern part of the Nordfjord district in Vestland county in Norway. The peninsula is considered the dividing point between the Norwegian Sea to the north and the North Sea ...

peninsula lies to the north of the island, the islands of Silda and

Barmøya Barmøya or Barmen is a small island in Stad Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The island lies just off the mainland between the Stad peninsula and the island of Vågsøy Vågsøy is a former municipality in the old Sogn og Fjordane ...

and the mainland lie to the east of the island, the island of

Husevågøy Husevågøy is an island in Kinn Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The island is mountainous with few trees. The island lies in the mouth of the Nordfjorden, between the islands of Vågsøy and Bremangerlandet. In 2018, there were abo ...

lies to the south (in the middle of the mouth of the Nordfjorden), and the open ocean lies to the west. Since the island lies along the open ocean, which can be rough, there are several

lighthouse A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid, for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways. Lighthouses m ...

s along the coastline of the island including: Hendanes Lighthouse, Kråkenes Lighthouse, and Skongenes Lighthouse. The highest point on the island is the tall ''Veten''. The island is connected to the mainland by the

Måløy Bridge The Måløy Bridge ( no, Måløybrua) is a cantilever road bridge in Kinn Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The bridge connects the village area of Degnepoll on the mainland and the town of Måløy on the island of Vågsøy. The brid ...

. The main population centre on the island is the town of

Måløy Måløy () is a town in the municipality of Kinn in Vestland county, Norway. Måløy is located on the southeastern side of the island of Vågsøy, about northeast of the village of Holvika and about south of the village of Raudeberg. The M ...

, which is also the

administrative centre An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located. In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...

for the municipality. Other population centres are the villages of

Raudeberg Raudeberg is a village in Kinn Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located on the east side of the island of Vågsøy. The villages of Refvika, Vedvika, and Langeneset are located a few kilometers to the north, and the town of Målø ...

Kvalheim Kvalheim is a coastal village with large agricultural areas in Kinn Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located on the western side of the island of Vågsøy, about west of the large village of Raudeberg. The neighboring vill ...

, Langenes, Refvik, Vågsvåg, and Vedvik. The population (2001) of the whole island was 4,207. There are 2 churches on the island: Nord-Vågsøy Church in Raudeberg and Sør-Vågsøy Church in Måløy.

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File:Refvikstranda.JPG, View of the Refvik beach File:Ulvesundet.JPG, Looking north, Måløy on Vågsøy island is to the left File:Hendanes fyr.JPG, Looking south from

towards Hendanes Lighthouse File:Kannesteinen 01.jpg, Kannesteinen rock, along the shore of Vågsøy File:Maloy tunliweb 2.jpg, The town of Måløy File:Husevåg Husevågøy tunliweb 102.jpg, The small village Husevåg at

File:Husevåg Ferieparadis 05 Husevågøy.jpg, Houses in Husevåg at

File:Kråkenes Lighthouse summer1.JPG, Kråkenes Lighthouse

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Islands of Vestland Kinn {{Vestland-island-stub

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