Steinshamn is a village that is the administrative centre of the municipality of Sandøy

Sandøy

Sandøy is an island municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Romsdal region. The administrative centre is the village of Steinshamn. Other villages include Ona and Myklebost...

 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...

. It is located at the northern end of the island of Harøya

Harøya

Harøya is a swampy island in the municipality of Sandøy in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is the largest island in the municipality. The island is located between the islands of Finnøya and Fjørtofta ....

. There is a 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...

 that connects Steinshamn to the island of Finnøya

Finnøya, Møre og Romsdal

Finnøya is an island in the municipality of Sandøy in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located northeast of Harøya island. Finnøya is connected by a causeway to Harøya, and it has ferry connections to Sandøya and Orta....

 to the northeast.

The 0.69 square kilometres (170.5 acre) village has a population (2009) of 505. The village of Myklebost

Myklebost, Sandøy

Myklebost is a village on the southern end of Harøya island in the municipality of Sandøy in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is about south of the municipal center of Steinshamn. There are ferry connections from Myklebost to Fjørtofta and Brattvåg in Haram and to Dryna in Midsund. ...

lies 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) to the south.