Borøya
Borøya or Borøy is an island in Tvedestrand municipality in Agder county, Norway. The 3.4-square-kilometre island lies along the Oksefjorden between the islands of Sandøya and Tverrdalsøya.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island in Tvedestrand, Norway
- Also known as: “Boröen”, “Boröy”, “Borøy”, “Boroya”, “Borøya Island”, and “Borøya, Tvedestrand”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Nordskogen.
Nordskogen
Nature reserve
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Nordskogen is a nature reserve, which is situated 2½ km east of Borøya.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sandvika and Staubø.
Sandvika
Village
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Sandvika is a village in Tvedestrand municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located on the southern coast of the island of Borøya, along the Oksefjorden, about 12 kilometres south of the town of Tvedestrand.
Staubø
Hamlet
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Staubø is a village in Arendal municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located on the western shore of the island of Tverrdalsøya. Staubø lies immediately north of the large village of Kilsund and about 1 kilometre northwest of the village of Holmsund. Staubø is situated 3 km southwest of Borøya.
Kilsund
Village
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Kilsund is a village in Arendal municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located on the island of Tverrdalsøya, although the village has grown over the bridge onto the nearby island of Flostaøya a short distance to the south. Kilsund is situated 4 km southwest of Borøya.
Borøya
- Category: landform
- Location: Tvedestrand, Agder, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Borøya” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Borøya (pulo sa Noruwega, Aust-Agder fylke)”
- Cebuano: “Borøya”
- Danish: “Borøya”
- French: “Borøya”
- German: “Borøya (Tvedestrand)”
- German: “Borøya”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Borøy”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Borøya”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Borøya i Tvedestrand”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Borøya”
- Norwegian: “Borøya”
- Turkish: “Borøy”
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