Slinningsholmen

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Slinningsholmen
Slinningsholmen with the remains of Slinningsbålet, view from the east, 2017
Slinningsholmen with the remains of Slinningsbålet, view from the east, 2017
Waters European Arctic Ocean
Geographical location 62 ° 27 '37 "  N , 6 ° 10' 4"  E Coordinates: 62 ° 27 '37 "  N , 6 ° 10' 4"  E
Slinningsholmen (Møre og Romsdal)
Slinningsholmen
length 80 m
width 40 m
surface 0.3 ha
Residents uninhabited

Slinningsholmen is a very small uninhabited island in the Heissafjord in Norway and belongs to the municipality of Ålesund in the Norwegian province of Møre og Romsdal .

It is located immediately east of the much larger island of Heissa , from which it is only a few meters away and can be reached via a stone dam. It is upstream of the Slinningen district .

The rocky island has a west-east extension of about 80 meters and a width of up to about 40 meters. Its northern shoreline has been partially straightened and paved. On Slinningsholmen every year around the Midsummer around the fire Slinningsbålet inflamed.

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