Slinningsholmen
Slinningsholmen | ||
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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 | |
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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.