Romsdalshalvøya Explained

Romsdalshalvøya
Other Name:Romsdal Peninsula
Type:Peninsula
Map:Møre og Romsdal#Norway
Label Position:top
Location:Møre og Romsdal, Norway
Area:1560km2

Romsdalshalvøya, sometimes translated as the Romsdal Peninsula, is a 1560km2 peninsula located in the Romsdal district of Møre og Romsdal county in Norway. The peninsula encompasses the western Norwegian municipalities of Molde, Gjemnes, and Hustadvika.[1]

The peninsula is connected to the mainland by a 5km (03miles) wide isthmus between the villages of Eidsvåg and Eidsøra in Molde Municipality. The peninsula is flanked by a number of fjords: Langfjord and Romsdalsfjord to the south, Julsund (to the west), Hustadvika to the north, Kornstadfjord and Kvernesfjord to the north-east, and Tingvollfjorden and Sunndalsfjord to the east.

About 42,000 people live on the peninsula, with another 5,000 on the adjacent islands.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Møre og Romsdal. Store norske leksikon. Store norske leksikon. Norwegian. 2010-11-01.