Heng
Heng is a small island in the Strand Municipality of Rogaland, Norway. The 0.6-square-kilometre island lies in the Idsefjorden, about 3 kilometres southwest of the village of Tau on the mainland. Heng lies roughly halfway between the islands of Hidle and Idse.Photo: Reinhardheydt, Public domain.
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Strand, Norway
- Also known as: “Heng, Rogaland”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Strand Church.
Strand Church
Church
Photo: Shauni, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Strand Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Strand Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Tau. It is the church for the Strand parish which is part of the Ryfylke prosti in the Diocese of Stavanger.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jørpeland and Engøy.
Jørpeland
Town
Jørpeland is the administrative centre of Strand Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The town is located on the western coast of the mainland, along the shore of the Idsefjorden, about 20 kilometres northeast of the city of Stavanger. Jørpeland is situated 8 km east of Heng.
Engøy
Suburb
Photo: Zairon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Engøy is an island in Stavanger Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the "neighborhood" of Buøy in the borough Hundvåg in the city of Stavanger, just north of the city centre. Engøy is situated 10 km southwest of Heng.
Hundvåg
Suburb
Hundvåg is a borough of the city of Stavanger which lies in the southwestern part of the large Stavanger Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The borough includes a number of islands lying to the north of the main city centre of Stavanger. Hundvåg is situated 10 km west of Heng.
Heng
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: Strand, Rogaland, Western Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
59.02203° or 59° 1′ 19″ northLongitude
5.89472° or 5° 53′ 41″ eastElevation
33 metres (108 feet)Open location code
9FF72VCV+RVOpenStreetMap ID
node 387396442OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bavarian to Turkish—“Heng” goes by many names.
- Bavarian: “Heng (Horgefjord)”
- Cebuano: “Heng”
- French: “Heng”
- German: “Heng (Horgefjord)”
- German: “Heng”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Heng”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Heng”
- Norwegian: “Heng”
- Turkish: “Heng”
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