Jøa is an island in the municipality of Fosnes

Fosnes

Fosnes is a municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Dun on the island of Jøa. Other villages include Salsnes and Nufsfjord.-General information:...

 in Nord-Trøndelag

Nord-Trøndelag

is a county constituting the northern part of Trøndelag in Norway. As of 2010, the county had 131,555 inhabitants, making it the country's fourth-least populated county. The largest municipalities are Stjørdal, Steinkjer—the county seat, Levanger, Namsos and Verdal, all with between 21,000 and...

 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 55.3 square kilometres (21.4 sq mi) island lies on the south side of the Folda

Folda, Nord-Trøndelag

Folda or Folla is a firth and a fjord in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway, within the municipalities of Flatanger, Namsos, Fosnes, and Nærøy. The large wide firth is about long which then narrows into a fjord which is about long. The narrower fjord part of Folda is often called the Foldfjorden or...

fjord between the mainland and the island of Otterøya

Otterøya

Otterøya is an island in the municipality of Namsos in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is the largest island in the county. Otterøya sits northwest of the town of Namsos on the north side of the Namsenfjorden. It is connected to the mainland by the Lokkaren Bridge. The island was once part of...

. The island is partially forested with the southern part being flat and marshy and the northern part being more mountainous. The 297 metres (974.4 ft) tall Moldvikfjellet is the highest point on the island.

The Norwegian writer Olav Duun

Olav Duun

Olav Duun was a noteworthy author of Norwegian fiction. He is generally recognized to be one of the more outstanding writers in Norwegian literature. He once lacked only one vote to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature...

 was born in the village of Dun

Dun, Norway

Dun is the administrative centre of the municipality of Fosnes in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the central part of the island of Jøa, and it is the location of Dun Church. Olav Duun was from this village....

 in the central part of the island. Also in Dun is the main church for the area, Dun Church

Dun Church

Dun Church is a parish church in the municipality of Fosnes in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Dun on the island of Jøa. The church is part of the Fosnes parish in the Namdal deanery in the Diocese of Nidaros. The white, wooden church building was constructed in...

. Also, Fosnes Chapel

Fosnes Chapel

Fosnes Chapel is a chapel in the municipality of Fosnes in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located at Fosnesvågen, on the northeastern coast of the island of Jøa. The chapel is part of the Fosnes parish in the Namdal deanery in the Diocese of Nidaros....

is located on the northeastern coast of the island at the site of the old church and graveyard.