Linesøya is an island

Island

An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...

 in the municipality of Åfjord

Åfjord

Åfjord is a municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Fosen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Årnes. Other villages in the municipality include Revsnes, Harsvika, and By...

 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 lies about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) off the coast of the mainland of Åfjord, and 1 kilometre (0.621372736649807 mi) southwest of the island of Stokkøya

Stokkøya

Stokkøya is an island in the municipality of Åfjord in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The island is located in the Stoksund area. The largest village on the island is Harsvika. The tall mountain Kamman is the highest point on the island....

. The 16.6 square kilometres (6.4 sq mi) island also lies about 6.5 kilometres (4 mi) north of the smaller island of Lauvøya. The highest point on Linesøya is the 230 metres (754.6 ft) tall mountain Linesfjellet.

The Linesøy Bridge

Linesøy Bridge

The Linesøy Bridge is a cantilever bridge and causeway which connects the islands of Linesøya and Stokkøya in Åfjord, Norway. The bridge opened on 7 October 2011 and replaced the Kjerkholmen–Linesøy Ferry....

 is being built between the two islands, and with the Stokkøy Bridge

Stokkøy Bridge

Stokkøy Bridge is a concrete cantilever bridge that crosses the Stokksundet strait between the mainland and Stokkøya in the municipality of Åfjord in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The bridge starts near Revsnes on the mainland and goes north to the island of Stokkøya near the village of...

from Stokkøya to the mainland, there will be a ferry-free road to the mainland from Linesøya.