Møkster 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 ...

Austevoll Austevoll is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality and an archipelago in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Midthordland in Western Norway. The administrative centre ...

municipality in

Vestland Vestland is a Counties of Norway, county in Norway. The county is located in Western Norway, and its administrative centre is Bergen, where the executive and political leadership is based. The County governor (Norway), County Governor is based in ...

county,

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. The island lies in an

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and it sits north of the islands of Litla Kalsøya,

Stolmen Stolmen is an island in Austevoll municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The island lies in a large archipelago just north of the Selbjørnsfjorden. The island of Selbjørn lies to the east, the islands of Huftarøy and Hundvåko lie to th ...

, and

Selbjørn Selbjørn is an island in Austevoll municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The island is the second largest in the municipality (after Huftarøy). Most of the population lives along the northern and eastern coastlines of the island. The com ...

; west of the islands of Drøna and Rostøya; and south of the islands of

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, Stora Kalsøy and Hundvåko. The island had 65 inhabitants in 2001. The island lies in the central part of the Austevoll archipelago, and as such, it was an important location for the sea-faring people who populated the region.

Møkster Church Stolmen Church (; historic name: ) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Austevoll Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Kvalvåg on the island of Stolmen, although historically it was located on the smal ...

was located on the island from the

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until 1892 when it was torn down and the church was moved to the larger island of

(where it is still located today).

Notable people

* Abelone Møgster (1883-1975) businesswoman, war resister in World War II

References

Islands of Vestland Austevoll {{Vestland-island-stub

Notable people

See also

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