Søndre Rosøya
| Søndre Rosøya | ||
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| Waters | European Arctic Ocean | |
| Geographical location | 65 ° 49 '30 " N , 12 ° 19' 46" E | |
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| length | 2.9 km | |
| width | 1 km | |
| surface | 2.02 km² | |
| Highest elevation | unnamed 67 moh. |
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| Residents | uninhabited | |
Søndre Rosøya (or just Rosøya ) is an island off the Helgeland coast in the Norwegian Fylke (province) Nordland . It is located west of the island of Tjøtta on the Tjøtt fjord , is about 3 km long and about 1 km wide and uninhabited. In the north the island of Nordre Rosøya joins.
The island belongs to the municipality of Alstahaug .
history
On November 27, 1944, British carrier aircraft sank the Rigel prisoner transport off Rosøya , and 2,571 people - from the Soviet Union, Poland, Yugoslavia, Norway, Germany and (annexed) Austria - were killed. This is Norway's largest shipping disaster to date. The wreck was cleared in 1975.