Aukrasanden
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Aukrasanden is a village in the municipality of Aukra
in Møre og Romsdal
county, Norway
. It is located on the southeast side of the island of Gossa, just south of the village of Varhaugvika
. It has a ferry
connection to Hollingen
which is located on the mainland across the Julsund
strait.
Aukra
Aukra is a village and municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the region of Romsdalen. The administrative centre is the village of Aukra....
in Møre og Romsdal
Møre og Romsdal
is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland and Sogn og Fjordane. The county administration is located in Molde, while Ålesund is the largest city.-The name:...
county, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. It is located on the southeast side of the island of Gossa, just south of the village of Varhaugvika
Varhaugvika
Varhaugvika is a village in the municipality of Aukra in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the island of Gossa along the Julsund strait, just north of the village of Aukrasanden...
. It has a ferry
Ferry
A ferry is a form of transportation, usually a boat, but sometimes a ship, used to carry primarily passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo as well, across a body of water. Most ferries operate on regular, frequent, return services...
connection to Hollingen
Hollingen
Hollingen is a village in the municipality of Aukra in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located along the Julsund on the Romsdal peninsula about northwest of the city of Molde. The village is located on the small part of Aukra that is located on the mainland.The village has a population ...
which is located on the mainland across the Julsund
Julsund
Julsundet is a long strait between the North Atlantic Ocean and the Romsdalsfjord, about 15 minutes west of Molde, Norway. It runs through the municipalities of Fræna, Aukra, Molde, and Midsund, flowing north-south from Bud to Julneset . It is between the Romsdal peninsula and the islands of...
strait.