Storekalsøy or Stora Kalsøy is an
island
An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island ...
in
Austevoll municipality in
Vestland
Vestland is a county in Norway established on 1 January 2020. The county is located in Western Norway and it is centred around the city of Bergen, Norway's second largest city. The administrative centre of the county is the city of Bergen, where t ...
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 ...
. The island lies northwest of the larger island of
Hundvåko and just east of the
Marstein Lighthouse
Marstein Lighthouse ( no, Marstein fyrstasjon) is an active lighthouse in the municipality of Austevoll, in Vestland county, Norway. It is located on the small island of Store Marstein just west of the island of Stora Kalsøy on the south side o ...
. The northern part of the island is very rocky and mountainous. The highest point is the tall mountain
Mjuken. The smaller islands of Nautøya and Spissøya lies just east of Stora Kalsøy. The smaller islands of
Horgo,
Møkster
Møkster is an island in Austevoll municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The island lies in an archipelago and it sits north of the islands of Litla Kalsøya, Stolmen, and Selbjørn; west of the islands of Drøna and Rostøya; and south o ...
, and
Litla Kalsøya lie to the south of Stora Kalsøy.
Virtually all the residents live along the southern and eastern coastline of the island. The main population centre of Stora Kalsøy is the village of
Bakkasund
Bakkasund is a village in Austevoll municipality in Vestland 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 portio ...
where the
Store-Kalsøy Chapel is located. The island had 167 inhabitants in 2001.
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
* Ar ...
References
Islands of Vestland
Austevoll
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