Kvingra or Kvingla is a
peninsula
A peninsula (; ) is a landform that extends from a mainland and is surrounded by water on most, but not all of its borders. A peninsula is also sometimes defined as a piece of land bordered by water on three of its sides. Peninsulas exist on al ...
in the municipality of
Nærøysund
Nærøysund is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Namdalen. The municipality was established on 1 January 2020 after the merger of the old municipalities of Vikna and Nærøy. The municipal ...
in
Trøndelag
Trøndelag (; sma, Trööndelage) is a county in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County ( no, Trondhjems Amt); in 1804 the county was split into Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag by the King of Denmar ...
county,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a 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 Jan Mayen and t ...
. Kvingla is surrounded by the
Sørsalten fjord to the south, the
Nærøysundet strait in the northwest, and the
Nordsalten fjord in the northeast. The island was originally connected to the mainland on a tiny
isthmus
An isthmus (; ; ) is a narrow piece of land connecting two larger areas across an expanse of water by which they are otherwise separated. A tombolo is an isthmus that consists of a spit or bar, and a strait is the sea counterpart of an isthm ...
of land in the southeast, but there is a man-made canal through it, so the island now is technically an island. The peninsula has a population of about 400 (as of 2001).
The largest population center on the island is the village of
Ottersøya on the southwestern tip of the peninsula.
References
Nærøysund
Peninsulas of Trøndelag
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