Gjerøy or Gjerdøya is an island in the municipality of

Rødøy Rødøy is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Vågaholmen. Other villages include Gjerøy, Jektvika, Kilboghamn, Melfjord ...

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, ...

county,

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. It is located in a group of islands located west of the peninsula between the Tjongsfjorden and

Melfjorden Melfjorden is a fjord in the municipality of Rødøy in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the Arctic Circle. The long fjord goes from the village of Melfjordbotn in the east to its mouth in the Rødøyfjorden near the island of Ra ...

. It lies south of the island of Rødøya, north of the island of Rangsundøya, and west of the island of

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. The main village on the island is called Gjerøy. The island has a population (2016) of 87 people. There is regular ferry service to Gjerdøya from the mainland and to the islands surrounding it.

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Islands of Nordland Villages in Nordland Populated places of Arctic Norway Rødøy {{Nordland-island-stub

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