Skardsøya 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
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 ...
in
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,
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 is located along the
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 ...
strait in the northeastern part of the municipality, just east of the island of
Grisvågøya and north and west of the mainland. The island is connected to the mainland to the east by the
Dromnessund Bridge and to the south by the
Torsetsund Bridge. In 2015, the island had about 332 residents living on it.
The
Mellandsvågen Nature Reserve and
Melland Nature Reserve
The Melland Nature Reserve () is located on the western part of the island of Skardsøya in Aure Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on t ...
are located on the western part of the island.
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
Aure, Norway
Islands of Møre og Romsdal
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