Ertvågsøy
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Ertvågsøy or Ertvågøya is an island in the municipality of Aure
Aure, Norway
Aure is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the region of Nordmøre. The administrative centre is the village of Aure. Other villages include Stemshaug, Todalen, and Tjeldbergodden. Aure has one of the largest wooden churches in Norway.The municipality includes many...

 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...

. The island has an area of 139.7 square kilometres (53.9 sq mi) and the highest point is the 694 metres (2,276.9 ft) tall Korsbekkfjellet. The small islands of Rottøya
Rottøya
Rottøya is an island in the municipality of Aure in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island lies between the mainland and Ertvågsøya, and the island of Ruøya lies to the north. The Mjosund Bridge connects the island to Ertvågsøya and the Smalsund Bridge connects it to Ruøya to the north....

 and Ruøya
Ruøya
Ruøya is an island in the municipality of Aure in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is connected to the village of Aure on the mainland to the east by the Aursund Bridge and to the island of Rottøya to the south by the Smalsund Bridge. The large island of Ertvågsøya lies to the west....

 lie to the east of the island and the islands of Solskjel
Solskjel
Solskjel or Solskjelsøya is an island in the municipality of Aure in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island sits just north of Stabblandet, northeast of Tustna, and west of Ertvågsøy....

 and Stabblandet
Stabblandet
Stabblandet is an island in the municipality of Aure in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island lies to the west of the island of Ertvågsøya, south of Solskjel, east of Tustna, and north of the mainland of Halsa. Most of the population lives on the northern part of the island. The highest...

 lie to the west. The island is connected to the mainland by the Mjosund Bridge
Mjosund Bridge
Mjosund Bridge is a cantilever bridge that crosses the Mjosundet strait between the islands of Rottøya and Ertvågsøya in the municipality of Aure in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Along with the Aursund Bridge, it is part of the road connection between the mainland and Ertvågsøya...

 and Aursund Bridge
Aursund Bridge
Aursund Bridge is a cantilever bridge that crosses the Aursundet strait between the mainland and the island of Ruøya in the municipality of Aure in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Along with the Mjosund Bridge, it is part of the road connection between the mainland and Ertvågsøya...

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