Romsdalshalvøya

Romsdalshalvøya, sometimes translated as the Romsdal Peninsula, is a 1,560-square-kilometre (600 sq mi) peninsula located in the Romsdal district of Møre og Romsdal county in Norway. The peninsula encompasses the western Norwegian municipalities of Molde, Gjemnes, and Hustadvika.[1]

Romsdalshalvøya
Romsdal Peninsula
Peninsula
Romsdalshalvøya is located in Møre og Romsdal
Romsdalshalvøya
Romsdalshalvøya
Location of the peninsula
Romsdalshalvøya is located in Norway
Romsdalshalvøya
Romsdalshalvøya
Romsdalshalvøya (Norway)
Coordinates: 62.8390°N 7.4740°E / 62.8390; 7.4740
LocationMøre og Romsdal, Norway
Area
 • Total1,560 km2 (600 sq mi)

The peninsula is connected to the mainland by a 5-kilometre (3.1 mi) wide isthmus between the villages of Eidsvåg and Eidsøra in Molde Municipality. The peninsula is flanked by a number of fjords: Langfjord and Romsdalsfjord to the south, Julsund (to the west), Hustadvika to the north, Kornstadfjord and Kvernesfjord to the north-east, and Tingvollfjorden and Sunndalsfjord to the east.

About 42,000 people live on the peninsula, with another 5,000 on the adjacent islands.

References
  1. Store norske leksikon. "Møre og Romsdal" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2010-11-01.


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