Grytøya is an island situated just north of Hinnøya

Hinnøya

-Geography and environment:Covering an area of , it is the fourth-largest island in the country, and the largest off the mainland. The western part of the island is in the Vesterålen district, while the southwestern part is in Lofoten. As of 2006, it had a population of 31,851, of which the only...

 and south of Bjarkøya

Bjarkøya

Bjarkøya is an island in Bjarkøy, Norway, and is the seat of the municipal center of Nergård. The Bjarkøy Tunnel is proposed to run from the island to Grytøya....

 in Northern Norway. It belongs to the municipalities of Harstad

Harstad

is the second largest city and municipality by population, in Troms county, Norway – the city is also the third largest in North Norway. Thus Harstad is the natural centre for its district. Situated approximately north of the Arctic Circle, the city celebrated its 100th anniversary in...

 and Bjarkøy

Bjarkøy

Bjarkøy is a municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bjarkøy. The municipality is spread across several smaller islands, the biggest being the northern side of Grytøya...

 in Troms

Troms

or Romsa is a county in North Norway, bordering Finnmark to the northeast and Nordland in the southwest. To the south is Norrbotten Län in Sweden and further southeast is a shorter border with Lapland Province in Finland. To the west is the Norwegian Sea...

 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 surrounded by the Vågsfjorden and the Andsfjorden. The island has an area of 108 km² (41.7 sq mi), and the highest peak is Nona at 1012 m (3,320.2 ft) above sea level. The population of Grytøya (2001) is 539, with 24 on the Bjarkøy side and 515 on the Harstad side.