Leitebakk is a small village on the island of Godøy

Godøy

Godøy is an island in the municipality of Giske in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The island is famous for its beautiful nature, dominated by the tall mountain Storhornet and the large lake Alnesvatnet....

a in the municipality of Giske

Giske

Giske is an island and municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It lies north-northwest of the town of Ålesund in the Sunnmøre traditional district. The municipal center is the village of Nordstrand on the island of Valderøy. Other population centers include the villages of Roald and...

 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 village is located about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) southeast of the village of Alnes

Alnes

Alnes is a small village on Godøya island in the municipality of Giske in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the north side of the island about northwest of the village of Leitebakk, accessible through a tunnel through the mountainous center part of the island.The predominant...

, the location of the Alnes lighthouse

Alnes lighthouse

Alnes lighthouse was established in 1852 to guide fishing boats safely to the harbor of the small fishing community of Alnes on Godøy island on the west coast of Norway. It is located on the north side of Godøy island in the municipality of Giske in Møre og Romsdal county, about northwest of...

. The 0.62 square kilometres (153.2 acre) village has a population (2009) of 581, which gives the village a population density of 937 PD/sqkm. Leitebakk is located at the end of the undersea tunnel

Undersea tunnel

An undersea tunnel is a tunnel which is partly or wholly constructed under a body of water. They are often used where building a bridge or operating a ferry link is impossible, or to provide competition for existing bridges or ferry links...

 that connects the island to the neighboring island of Giske

Giske

Giske is an island and municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It lies north-northwest of the town of Ålesund in the Sunnmøre traditional district. The municipal center is the village of Nordstrand on the island of Valderøy. Other population centers include the villages of Roald and...

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