Silda (Vågsøy)
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| Waters | Sildegap , Northern European Sea | |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 1 ′ N , 5 ° 12 ′ E | |
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| length | 1.4 km | |
| width | 1 km | |
| surface | 1.1 km² | |
| Highest elevation | Vardehaugen 98 m |
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| Residents | 12 | |
Silda is an island in the named after her bay Sildegap in the Norwegian Fylke (province) Vestland . Administratively it belongs to the municipality of Kinn .
geography
Silda is located about 2 km east of the much larger island Vågsøya , after which the municipality is named, and north of the northern entrance to Ulvesund , which separates Vågsøya from the mainland and connects Sildegap Bay with Vågsfjord and thus with Nordfjord in the south. 2.5 km further east in the Sildegap lies the island of Barmøya , which belongs to the municipality of Selje .
Silda is 1.4 km long and 1.0 km wide and has a total area of 1.1 km². The highest point is the summit of Vardehaugen in the center of the island at 98 m. The coast is strongly indented by many small cuts and peninsulas and a total of 7 km long. On all sides, except in the east, there are numerous small skerries in front of it. In the north lies the small neighboring island of Sildekruna, about 400 × 200 m in size, only separated from Silda by a 15 m wide sound . In the south-east, also only 25 m from the main island, lies the 300 × 100 m small island of Varden, which protects the southern harbor of Silde like a pier . The larger northern harbor is located in the northern part of the east bank and is secured by two piers and a beacon.
use
The name of the island is derived from the Norwegian word sild (= herring) and Silda was an important fishing settlement for a long time . The island's population, once around 150 people who also farmed on the side, shrank considerably after the Second World War . In 2001 there were 38, and today there are only around a dozen who live on Silda all year round. In summer, however, the island is populated by several hundred people who use the many holiday homes and hytten and the Skjærbuda restaurant on the south harbor. Apart from a few tractors, the island is “car-free” and you can get around on foot or by bike . A solid path runs along the east bank, where the majority of the holiday homes and cabins are, and a hiking trail runs around the island. There is a regular 15-20 minute boat connection several times a day to Måløy, the main town of Vågsøy, about 12 km away.
history
Silda was a coastal guard station with gunboats stationed there during the Napoleonic Wars from 1800 to 1810 . On July 23, 1810, during the so-called gunboat war between Great Britain and Denmark-Norway , there was a sea battle at Silda between Vågsøya and Silda , in the course of which two British frigates captured two Danish-Norwegian cannon schooners.
Footnotes
- ↑ https://snl.no/Silda/%C3%B8y_i_Nordfjord
- ↑ http://silda.com/?p=721
- ↑ http://www.rutebok.no/nriiisstatictables/tables/ruter/t/14-854.htm
- ↑ English: Battle of Silda; Norwegian: Affæren ved Silden or Affæren ved Stadt
- ↑ Krigshandlingar 1810 Sildegapet og Ervik, at nrk.no (Norwegian)
- ↑ The representations of the fighting in British and Norwegian sources differ considerably from one another.
Web links
- Silda - øy i Nordfjord in the store norske leksikon (Norwegian)
- Website on silda.com (Norwegian)
- Silda on vivest.no (Norwegian)