Bjorøyna
Bjorøyna is an island in Øygarden Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The 4.1-square-kilometre island is located south of the island of Litlesotra, west of the Bergen Peninsula, north of the island of Tyssøyna, and east of the island of Sotra.- Type: Island
- Description: island in Vestland county, Norway
- Also known as: “Bjorøy”, “Bjørøy”, “Bjørøya”, and “Bjoroyna”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Haakonsvern Naval Base and Flesland.
Haakonsvern Naval Base
Military installation
Photo: Einherjer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Haakonsvern is the main base of the Royal Norwegian Navy and the largest naval base in the Nordic area. The base is located at Mathopen within Bergen municipality, about 15 km south-west of the city centre. Haakonsvern Naval Base is situated 4 km northeast of Bjorøyna.
Flesland
Farm
Flesland is a village in the borough of Ytrebygda in Bergen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It sits on the western coast of the Bergen Peninsula along the Raunefjorden, about 13 kilometres southwest of the city centre of Bergen. Flesland is situated 3 km southeast of Bjorøyna.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Loddefjord and Knarrevik.
Loddefjord
Suburb
Photo: Cavernia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Loddefjord is an urban settlement in the borough of Laksevåg in Bergen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located about 6 kilometres southwest of the centre of the city of Bergen. Loddefjord is situated 6 km northeast of Bjorøyna.
Knarrevik
Quarter
Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Knarrevik or Knarrvika is a village in Øygarden Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located along the Byfjorden on the eastern coast of the island of Litlesotra, just north of the village of Straume. Knarrevik is situated 6 km north of Bjorøyna.
Steinsvik
Neighborhood
Steinsvik is a grunnkrets and an area of the suburb of Ytrebygda in Bergen municipality, Norway. The area lies between Nordås, Siljustøl, Sandsli and Søreide, with the south side on Nordåsvannet, and has the most villas, but also some tower blocks. Steinsvik is situated 7 km east of Bjorøyna.
Bjorøyna
- Category: landform
- Location: Øygarden, Western Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Bjorøyna” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bjorøya (pulo sa Noruwega, Aust-Agder fylke)”
- Cebuano: “Bjorøyna (pulo sa Noruwega, Hordaland Fylke)”
- Cebuano: “Bjorøyna”
- French: “Bjorøy”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bjorøy”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bjorøy”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bjorøyna i Øygarden”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bjorøyna”
- Norwegian: “Bjorøy”
- Norwegian: “Bjorøyna”
- Norwegian: “Bjørøyna”
- Spanish: “Bjorøyna”
- Swedish: “Bjorøyna”
- Turkish: “Bjorøy”
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