Giske
Giske is an island in Giske Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It covers an area of 2.67 square kilometers. It is flat, with the highest point 23 meters above mean sea level.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Giske Church and Giske Wildlife Sanctuary.
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 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 Bridge
Bridge
The Giske Bridge is a concrete beam bridge between the islands of Valderøya and Giske in Giske Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The bridge is 552 metres long, the longest span is 52 metres, and the maximum clearance to the sea is 17 metres.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ålesund.
Ålesund
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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.
Giske
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Giske Municipality, Norway
- Category: landform
- Location: Giske, Møre og Romsdal, Western Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Turkish—“Giske” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Giske”
- Cebuano: “Giske”
- Danish: “Giske”
- French: “Giske”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Giske”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Giske”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Øya Giske”
- Norwegian: “Giske”
- Swedish: “Giske”
- Turkish: “Giske”
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Localities in the Area
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