Ytterøya

Ytterøya
Ytterøya
Location of the island
Ytterøya
Ytterøya (Norway)
Geography
Location Trøndelag, Norway
Coordinates 63°48′56″N 11°13′15″E / 63.8155°N 11.2209°E / 63.8155; 11.2209Coordinates: 63°48′56″N 11°13′15″E / 63.8155°N 11.2209°E / 63.8155; 11.2209
Area 28 km2 (11 sq mi)
Length 13.5 km (8.39 mi)
Width 4.3 km (2.67 mi)
Highest elevation 210 m (690 ft)
Highest point Sandstadkammen
Administration
Norway
County Trøndelag
Municipality Levanger
Demographics
Population 600 (2018)[1]

Ytterøya is an island in the Trondheimsfjord in the municipality of Levanger in Trøndelag county, Norway. The 15-kilometre (9.3 mi) long island has an area of 27.8 square kilometres (10.7 sq mi) has about 600 residents (as of 2018).[1] The highest point is the 210-metre (690 ft) tall Sanstadkammen. The island has good agricultural land and has settlements across the whole island. The Levanger–Hokstad Ferry connects the village of Hokstad on the island to the town of Levanger on the mainland. Ytterøy Church is located on the island.[2]

Ytterøy Church

The old municipality of Ytterøy encompassed this island and some of the lands around it. Ytterøya has many burial mounds from the Stone Age. The island is famous for its dense roe deer population, and a popular hunting area for hunters from Scandinavia and Germany. In the middle of the 19th century phosphorus was exported to all of Europe from the mines here.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Haudemann-Andersen, Jørn; Alisubh, Tariq (2018-03-07). "Her snakker nesten halvparten av elevene litauisk". NRK Trøndelag (in Norwegian).
  2. 1 2 Rosvold, Knut A., ed. (2018-03-26). "Ytterøy". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2018-04-01.


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