Kråkvåg
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Kråkvåg is a populated group of islands in the municipality of Ørland
Ørland
Ørland is a municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Fosen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Brekstad. Other villages include Uthaug, Opphaug, and Ottersbo...

 in Sør-Trøndelag
Sør-Trøndelag
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 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 in the Kråkvågfjorden, just west of the island of Storfosna
Storfosna
Storfosna is a populated island in the municipality of Ørland in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located between Kråkvåg and Garten at the mouth of the Trondheimsfjord. The traditional district of Fosen is named after this island...

. The village of Nordbotn
Nordbotn, Sør-Trøndelag
Nordbotn is a village in the municipality of Hitra in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located on the east side of the island of Fjellværsøya. It is the location of the Nordbotn chapel. The village was once a trading post with a post office, bakery, and store....

 on the island of Fjellværsøya
Fjellværsøya
Fjellværsøya is an island in the municipality of Hitra in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The island is located in the eastern part of Hitra surrounded by the Frøyfjorden, Kråkvågfjorden, and Fillfjorden....

 lies about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) to the west.

The 1 square kilometres (247.1 acre) island is connected to the island of Storfosna by a 1 kilometre (0.621372736649807 mi) long causeway
Causeway
In modern usage, a causeway is a road or railway elevated, usually across a broad body of water or wetland.- Etymology :When first used, the word appeared in a form such as “causey way” making clear its derivation from the earlier form “causey”. This word seems to have come from the same source by...

 with a 600 metres (1,968.5 ft) long bridge in the middle of it. The island is home to agriculture
Agriculture
Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...

 and fish processing
Fish processing
The term fish processing refers to the processes associated with fish and fish products between the time fish are caught or harvested, and the time the final product is delivered to the customer...

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