or 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 ...
in
Harstad Municipality
Harstad (; ) is the second-most populated municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is mostly located on the large island of Hinnøya. The municipal center is the Harstad (town), town of Harstad, which is the most populous town in Central Håloga ...
in
Troms
Troms (; ; ; ) is a Counties of Norway, county in northern Norway. It borders Finnmark county to the northeast and Nordland county in the southwest. Norrbotten Län in Sweden is located to the south and further southeast is a shorter border with ...
county,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...
. The island lies just north of the large island of
Hinnøya
Hinnøya ( Norwegian; ) is the fourth-largest island in Norway, and the largest outside the Svalbard archipelago. The lies just off the western coast of Northern Norway. The island sits on the border of Nordland and Troms counties. The western ...
and south of the island of
Bjarkøya. It is surrounded by the
Vågsfjorden in the east and the
Andfjorden
or is a fjord on the border of Nordland and Troms counties in Norway. It is located in Andøy Municipality, Senja Municipality, Harstad Municipality, and Kvæfjord Municipality. The fjord primarily flows between the large islands of Andøya ...
in the west. The highest peak on the island is the tall mountain
Nona. The population of Grytøya (2017) is 433. The southeastern part of the island is the most agriculturally productive.
The northern part of the island was formerly part of the old
Bjarkøy Municipality, which merged with Harstad Municipality on 1 January 2013.
Transportation
There is a
ferry
A ferry is a boat or ship that transports passengers, and occasionally vehicles and cargo, across a body of water. A small passenger ferry with multiple stops, like those in Venice, Italy, is sometimes referred to as a water taxi or water bus ...
connection from
Bjørnå (on Grytøya) to
Vika (on the neighboring island of
Hinnøya
Hinnøya ( Norwegian; ) is the fourth-largest island in Norway, and the largest outside the Svalbard archipelago. The lies just off the western coast of Northern Norway. The island sits on the border of Nordland and Troms counties. The western ...
), just north of the
town of Harstad. The main road on the island follows the coastline from the northeast at
Fenes to
Grotavær in the northwest. There is very little settlement on the northern coast, and no road connections there.
There used to be ferry connections to the neighboring islands of
Bjarkøya and
Sandsøya, but the
Bjarkøy Fixed Link project created a bridge and undersea tunnel system connecting the three islands in 2018.
Media gallery
Grytøya, south coast mountains, October.JPG, Grytøya, seen from the Southeast
Bjørklids MF Vaggasvarre.jpg, Ferry docked at Grytøya
Grytøya Alvestad Troms Norway.jpg, Alvestad on Grytøya
Villsau grytøya troms.jpg, Sheep on Grytøya
Toppen, Grytøya.JPG, View of Toppen on Grytøya
See also
*
List of islands of Norway
This is a list of islands of Norway sorted by name. For a list sorted by area, see List of islands of Norway by area.
A
* Alden
* Aldra
* Algrøy
* Alsta
* Altra
* Anda
* Andabeløya
* Andørja
* Andøya, Vesterålen
* Andøya, Agder ...
References
External links
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Bjarkøy
Harstad
Islands of Troms