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.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Karmøy (main island) 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 ⓘ
Risør ⓘ
surface form: 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 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 Western Norway ⓘ
surface form: Norwegian West Coast

Rogaland ⓘ
surface form: Rogaland county

Western Norway ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Rogaland ⓘ
locatedInEcclesiasticalJurisdiction Diocese of Stavanger ⓘ
nearbyAirport Haugesund Airport Karmøy ⓘ
surface form: Haugesund Airport, Karmøy
observesDaylightSavingTime CEST ⓘ
partOf Rogaland ⓘ
subdivisionType municipality ⓘ
timeZone CET ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Karmøy → hasIsland → Karmøy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karmøy (main island)
Haugesund → near → Karmøy ⓘ