Kvamsøy
Kvamsøy is a small island in Sogndal Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The 80-hectare island lies in the Sognefjorden, just off the coast of the village of Kvamme.Photo: 3s, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Farm
- Description: islet in Sogndal, Norway
- Also known as: “Kvamsoy” and “Kvamsøy, Sogndal”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kvamsøy Church.
Kvamsøy Church
Church
Photo: 3s, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kvamsøy Church is a historic parish church of the Church of Norway in Sogndal Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located on the small island of Kvamsøy. Kvamsøy Church is situated 140 metres northeast of Kvamsøy.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vikøyri and Balestrand.
Vikøyri
Photo: Iz48, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vikøyri is a village of 1200 people on the south side of the Sognefjorden. The medieval churches Hove Church and Hopperstad Stave Church, as well as Vik Church from 1877, are located here. It is the administrative center of the municipality of Vik.
Balestrand
Photo: Nelson Minar, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Balestrand is a former municipality in the old Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The 429-square-kilometre municipality existed from 1850 until its dissolution in 2020.
Kvamsøy
- Categories: island, islet, locality, and agriculture
- Location: Sogndal, Western Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
61.1277° or 61° 7′ 40″ northLongitude
6.48305° or 6° 28′ 59″ eastElevation
410 metres (1,345 feet)United Nations Location Code
NO KVYOpen location code
9FH84FHM+36OpenStreetMap ID
node 10176204276OpenStreetMap feature
place=farmGeoNames ID
3148968Wikidata ID
Q16467321
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Kvamsøy” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Kvamsøy”
- Dutch: “Kvamsøy, Sogn og Fjordane”
- Malay: “Kvamsøy”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kvamsøy”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kvamsøy”
- Turkish: “Kvamsøy”
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