Dryna
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Dryna is an island in the municipality of Midsund
Midsund
Midsund is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Romsdal region. The administrative centre is the village of Midsund on Otrøya island. The municipality consists of the islands of Otrøya, Midøya, Dryna, and the smaller Midsund is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal...

 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 the westernmost of the main islands in the municipality. The island sits between the Harøyfjord and the Midfjord, at the entrance to the great Romsdalfjord. Until 1965, Dryna was part of Haram
Haram, Norway
Haram is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative center is Brattvåg, the industrial center of Sunnmøre. Other important villages in the municipality include Austnes, Eidsvik, Helle, Longva, Søvik, Tennfjord, and Vatne.Brattvåg IL is...

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Dryna has a road connection to Midøya
Midøya
Midøya is an island in the municipality of Midsund in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It sits at the entrance to the Romsdalsfjord between the islands of Dryna and Otrøya. Until 1965 the island was divided between the municipalities of Sør-Aukra and Vatne. The Midsund Bridge connects the island...

 to the east. There are 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...

 connections from the western end of the island to Brattvåg
Brattvåg
Brattvåg is a village and the administrative centre of the municipality of Haram in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located on the Norwegian mainland, along the west side of the Samfjorden. It is northwest of Vatne/Eidsvik...

 (in Haram
Haram, Norway
Haram is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative center is Brattvåg, the industrial center of Sunnmøre. Other important villages in the municipality include Austnes, Eidsvik, Helle, Longva, Søvik, Tennfjord, and Vatne.Brattvåg IL is...

) and Myklebost
Myklebost, Sandøy
Myklebost is a village on the southern end of Harøya island in the municipality of Sandøy in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is about south of the municipal center of Steinshamn. There are ferry connections from Myklebost to Fjørtofta and Brattvåg in Haram and to Dryna in Midsund. ...

 (in Sandøy
Sandøy
Sandøy is an island municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Romsdal region. The administrative centre is the village of Steinshamn. Other villages include Ona and Myklebost...

).

The name

The Norse form of the name was Dryn f. The name is probably derived from the word drynr m 'rumble, roar' (referring to the swell of the waves on the island).
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