Godøya
Godøya is an island in Giske Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island is famous for its beautiful nature, dominated by the 497-metre tall mountain Storhornet and the large lake Alnesvatnet.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island in Giske, Norway
- Also known as: “Godö”, “Godøy”, “Godoya”, and “Göyna”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Godøy Chapel and Giske Church.
Godøy Chapel
Church
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Godøy Chapel is a chapel of the Church of Norway in Giske Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the small island of Godøy. It is an annex chapel in the Giske parish which is part of the Nordre Sunnmøre prosti in the Diocese of Møre.
Giske Church
Church
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Giske Church is a 12th-century marble parish church of the Church of Norway in Giske Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the south side of the island of Giske, about 10 kilometres northwest of the town of Ålesund. Giske Church is situated 2½ km north of Godøya.
Giske Wildlife Sanctuary
Nature reserve
The Giske Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the Makkevika inlet on the island of Giske in Giske Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The area received protection in 1988 "to preserve an important wetland area with its habitat, bird life and other wildlife," according to the conservation regulations. Giske Wildlife Sanctuary is situated 3½ km north of Godøya.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ålesund and Brandal.
Ålesund
Photo: GangerRolf, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ålesund is the largest city in Møre og Romsdal county, West Norway, with about 53,000 inhabitants, 66,000 in the surrounding area. Ålesund is the gateway to the iconic northwestern fjords and surrounding alpine mountains.
Brandal
Village
Photo: Frokor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Brandal is a village in Hareid Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the eastern shores of the island of Hareidlandet, along the Sulafjorden. Brandal is situated 9 km south of Godøya.
Godøya
- Category: landform
- Location: Giske, Møre og Romsdal, Western Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Godøya” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Godøya (pulo sa Noruwega, Møre og Romsdal fylke)”
- Cebuano: “Godøya”
- Chinese: “葛度爾島”
- Danish: “Godøya”
- Dutch: “Godøy”
- Dutch: “Godøya”
- Finnish: “Godøy”
- Finnish: “Godøya”
- French: “Godøy”
- French: “Godøya”
- German: “Godøya”
- Javanese: “Godøya”
- Malay: “Godøya”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Godøy”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Godøya”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Godøya i Giske”
- Norwegian: “Godøy”
- Romanian: “Godøya”
- Spanish: “Godøya”
- Turkish: “Godøya”
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