Turøy Explained

Turøyna
Turøy
Pushpin Map:Vestland#Norway
Pushpin Label:Turøy
Pushpin Label Position:top
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the island
Location:Vestland, Norway
Coordinates:60.4466°N 4.9163°W
Area Km2:1.67
Length Km:2.5
Width Km:1
Coastline Km:7.63
Elevation M:74.5
Highest Mount:Turøyvarden
Country:Norway
Country Admin Divisions Title:County
Country Admin Divisions:Vestland
Country Admin Divisions Title 1:Municipality
Country Admin Divisions 1:Øygarden Municipality

Turøyna or Turøy is an island in Øygarden Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The 1.67km2 island lies just west of the islands of Toftøyna and Misje. Prior to 1964, the island was part of the old municipality of Herdla. Then from 1964 until 2020 it was part of Fjell municipality.[1]

About 100 people live on this island, which has a road connection to the mainland via the Turøy Bridge which connects to Toftøyna. The road then continues over a series of bridges connecting a string of islands to each other and to the city of Bergen. The postcode is 5365 Turøy. The island is a good spot for birdwatching and hosts an ornithological station.[2]

The island received some notoriety because of a 2016 helicopter crash that killed all 13 people on board, mainly oil workers. The chopper was flying from the Gullfaks oil field to Bergen.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dag. Jukvam. Statistisk sentralbyrå. Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen. 1999. Norwegian.
  2. Web site: Turøy i Fjell kommune . . 31 January 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101127025614/http://fuglar.no/lokaliteter/lok/turoy.php . 27 November 2010 .
  3. News: 2016-05-01 . Super Puma crash: Helicopter 'showed warning light' . 2024-08-11 . BBC News . en-GB.