Grisvågøya is an

island An island or isle is a piece of land, distinct from a continent, completely surrounded by water. There are continental islands, which were formed by being split from a continent by plate tectonics, and oceanic islands, which have never been ...

Aure Municipality Aure is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Møre og Romsdal Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway, region of Nordmøre. The administrative centre is the Aure (village), village of Aure. Other v ...

Møre og Romsdal Møre og Romsdal (; ) is a Counties of Norway, county in the northernmost part of Western Norway, Western Norway. It borders the counties of Trøndelag, Innlandet, and Vestland. The county administration is located in the Molde (town), town of M ...

county,

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. The island is located on the south side of the

Edøyfjorden Edøyfjorden is a fjord (more technically, a strait) in the Nordmøre region of Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The long fjord runs between Smøla Municipality and Aure Municipality with many large and small islands on both sides. Some of the m ...

Trondheimsleia The Trondheimsleia is a strait in Møre og Romsdal and Trøndelag counties in Norway. The long strait runs between the islands of Smøla and Hitra and the mainland municipalities of Aure, Heim, and Orkland. The strait has several fjords whic ...

. There are many islands around Grisvågøya including

Skardsøya Skardsøya is an island in Aure Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island is located along the Trondheimsleia strait in the northeastern part of the municipality, just east of the island of Grisvågøya and north and west of t ...

to the east,

Ertvågsøya Ertvågsøya is an island in Aure Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island has an area of and the highest point is the tall Korsbekkfjellet. The small islands of Rottøya and Ruøya lie to the east of the island and the isl ...

to the south,

Edøya Edøya is an island in Smøla Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island lies in the Edøyfjorden between the larger islands of Smøla (to the north) and Ertvågsøya and Tustna (to the south). The island played an important ...

, and

Smøla Smola or Smøla may refer to: People * Josef von Smola (1764–1820), an officer and holder of the Knight's and Commander's Crosses of the Order of Maria Theresa * Josef von Smola (1805–1856), an Austrian officer * Karl von Smola, an Austrian ...

to the west, and

Hitra Hitra may refer to: Places * Hitra Municipality, a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway * Hitra (island), an island within Hitra Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway * Hitra Church, a church in Hitra Municipality in Trøndelag county, Nor ...

across the fjord to the north. The sparsely populated island of Grisvågøya has a bridge connecting it to the neighboring island of Skardsøya to the east which has two different bridges that connect it to the mainland. In 2015, the island had 90 residents living on it.

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Islands of Møre og Romsdal Aure, Norway {{MøreRomsdal-island-stub

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