Dyrøya (Troms and Finnmark)
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| Waters | European Arctic Ocean | |
| Geographical location | 69 ° 3 ' N , 17 ° 26' E | |
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| surface | 52.31 km² | |
| Highest elevation | Bergsheia 563 m |
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| Residents | 171 | |
Dyrøya is an island in the southwest part of the Solbergfjords and northeast part of the Tranøyfjords in the Fylke Troms og Finnmark. Administratively, it belongs to the municipality Dyrøy named after it , which mainly comprises territory on the mainland south and south-east of the island.
geography
The island is located about 350 km north of the Arctic Circle and about 45 km northeast of Harstad between Senja , the second largest island in Norway, in the north and west and the mainland in the east. In the north the Tranøyfjord and the Solbergfjord separate the island from the much larger island Senja, in the south it is separated from the mainland by the Dyrøysund. Brøstadbotn, the administrative center of Dyrøy Municipality, is located east-northeast on the mainland.
The highest point on the island is the 563 m high Bergsheia. The largest lake on Dyrøya is about 1 km 2 Kalvøyvatnet (often simply called Kalvøya) in the northwest, 187 meters above sea level, between the Bergsheia and the Mossheia. The easiest ascent to the lake is from Forså about 1 km southwest of Dyrøy Kirke.
population
In 2014 Dyrøya, whose population is slowly decreasing, had 171 inhabitants in the three districts of Dyrøyhamn (59), Merkesnes (69) and Espejord (43). Dyrøyhamn covers the southern part of the island; Merkesnes and Espejord are in the north. The largest settlement is Langhamn in the Merkesnes district on the northeast bank.
traffic
Dyrøya is connected to the mainland and Brøstadbotn in the north by the Dyrøybrua (Dyrøy Bridge) opened in 1994 ( 69 ° 5 ′ 23 ″ N , 17 ° 35 ′ 40 ″ E ). Provincial road Fv 212 runs over the bridge and runs along the entire east bank of the island. From Brøstadbotn, the Fv852 provides a connection to the Rv84 and thus to the Norwegian road network.
Dyrøy Kirke
Built in 1880 Church ( 69 ° 2 '20 " N , 17 ° 29' 38" O ) is in the small Weiler spar at the Holmebukta on the east coast of the island. It has 450 seats and is designated as a Norwegian cultural monument.
Coastal battery Hagenes
During the World War II was the German Army on the Southeast of the island at Hagenes ( 68 ° 59 '14 " N , 17 ° 22' 25" O ) by the Todt of Soviet POW a coastal battery having a plurality of bins build and gun emplacements to the Monitor Tranøyfjord and Dyrøysund.
Footnotes
- ↑ Dyrøy kirke, near Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen (norweg.)
- ↑ Number 84043 at Riksantikvaren , the Directorate for Kulturminneforvaltning.
- ↑ Photo of the artillery control center Hagenes
- ↑ 35 photos from Kystfort Hagenes
- ↑ Photo gallery of the coastal fort Hagenes