Kvitsøy
Kvitsøy or Kvitsøya is the main island in Kvitsøy municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The 2.3-square-kilometre island is one of 167 islands and skerries that make up the municipality.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island in Norway
- Also known as: “Hvidingsö”, “Kvitingsö”, “Kvitingsøy”, and “Kvitsoya”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kvitsøy Church and Kvitsøy Lighthouse.
Kvitsøy Church
Church
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Kvitsøy Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Kvitsøy Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located just north of the village of Ydstebøhamn on the island of Kvitsøy.
Kvitsøy Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Kvitsøy Lighthouse is a coastal lighthouse and heritage building in the municipality of Kvitsøy in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located on the west side of the village of Ydstebøhamn on the island of Kvitsøy.
Kvitsøy Vessel Traffic Service Centre
Kvitsøy Vessel Traffic Service Centre, commonly abbreviated Kvitsøy VTS, is a vessel traffic service and pilot dispatch station situated on the island municipality of Kvitsøy in Norway.Kvitsøy
- Category: landform
- Location: Kvitsøy, Rogaland, Western Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Kvitsøy” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Kvitsøya”
- Czech: “Kvitsøy”
- Danish: “Kvitsøy”
- Dutch: “Kvitsøy”
- French: “Kvitsøy (île)”
- French: “Kvitsøy”
- German: “Kvitsøy”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kvitsøy”
- Norwegian: “Kvitsøy”
- Norwegian: “Kvitsøya”
- Polish: “Kvitsøy”
- Portuguese: “Kvitsøy”
- Swedish: “Kvitsøy kommun”
- Swedish: “Kvitsøy”
- Turkish: “Kvitsøy”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sandvågen and Kvitsøyane.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kvitsøy”. Photo: Birgit Juel Martinsen, CC BY 2.0.