Karmøy

E77362
island municipality

Karmøy is a large island and municipality in Rogaland county, Norway, known for its coastal fishing communities, maritime heritage, and historic Viking sites.

Aliases (1)
Statements (73)
Predicate Object
instanceOf island →
municipality →
administrativeCenter Kopervik →
borderedByWaterBody Boknafjorden →
Karmsundet →
North Sea →
Skudenesfjorden →
capital Kopervik →
connectedBy Karmsund Bridge →
connectedTo Haugesund →
contains Avaldsnes Church →
Ferkingstad coastal area →
Nordvegen History Centre →
Sandvesanden beach →
Skudeneshavn old town →
Syre nature area →
Viking Farm at Avaldsnes →
Åkrasanden beach →
country Norway →
governedBy Karmøy municipal council →
hasClimate temperate oceanic climate →
hasCoastlineOn Karmsundet →
North Sea →
hasHeritage Viking Age trading routes →
medieval church sites →
hasIndustry aluminium production →
fish processing →
fishing →
offshore-related services →
shipping →
hasIsland Fosen →
Karmøy (main island) →
Vigra (local islet group) →
hasLanguage Norwegian →
hasPart Avaldsnes →
Nedstrandfjorden coastal area →
Skudeneshavn →
Stangeland →
Torvastad →
Åkrehamn →
hasPostalCodeSeries 4250–4299 (approximate range) →
hasTown Kopervik →
Skudeneshavn →
Åkrehamn →
hasTransport Karmøy Tunnel (T-forbindelsen) →
ferry connections →
hasVillage Avaldsnes →
Ferkingstad →
Fiskå →
Håvik →
Kolnes →
Sandve →
Torvastad →
Veavågen →
Vormedal →
hasWrittenLanguageForm Bokmål →
Nynorsk →
knownFor aluminium industry →
coastal fishing communities →
herring fisheries (historically) →
historic Viking sites →
maritime heritage →
shipbuilding →
locatedIn Norwegian West Coast →
Rogaland county →
Western Norway →
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Rogaland →
locatedInEcclesiasticalJurisdiction Diocese of Stavanger →
nearbyAirport Haugesund Airport, Karmøy →
observesDaylightSavingTime CEST →
partOf Rogaland →
subdivisionType municipality →
timeZone CET →
Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Western Norway →
containsIsland
Karmøy ("Karmøy (main island)") →
hasIsland
Haugesund →
near
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