Åmøya is an
island in the municipality of
Meløy in
Nordland
Nordland (; smj, Nordlánnda, sma, Nordlaante, sme, Nordlánda, en, Northland) is a county in Norway in the Northern Norway region, the least populous of all 11 counties, bordering Troms og Finnmark in the north, Trøndelag in the south, N ...
county,
Norway. The island lies west of the mainland, east of the island of
Bolga, and south of the island of
Meløya. The island is connected to the mainland by a series of small bridges over the island of
Grønnøya and several other small islands between Åmøya and the village of
Engavågen on the mainland. The island is very mountainous, the highest mountain is the Risnestinden. There were 112 residents living on the island in 2016.
See also
*
List of islands of Norway
References
Meløy
Islands of Nordland
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