Ellingsøya: Difference between revisions

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|pushpin_map location = [[Sunnmøre]],Møre og [[Romsdal#Norway]]

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'''EllingsøyEllingsøya''' or '''EllingsøyaEllingsøy''' is the northernmost island in [[Ålesund Municipality]] in [[Møre og Romsdal]] county, [[Norway]]. With an area of {{convert|22|km2}}, EllingsøyEllingsøya is the second largest island in the municipality after [[Uksenøya]].<ref name="geoplas">{{cite web|url=http://www.alesund.kommune.no/sub/info/content/view/5/69/lang,no/|archive-url=https://archive.istoday/20070620064339/http://www.alesund.kommune.no/sub/info/content/view/5/69/lang,no/|dead-url-status=yesdead|archive-date=2007-06-20|title=Geografisk plassering|accessdate=2007-10-17|publisher=Ålesund kommune|year=2007|language=Norwegian}} </ref> The island is located northeast of the town of [[Ålesund (town)|Ålesund]], north of the islands of [[Nørvøya]] and [[Uksenøya]], east of the island of [[Valderøya]], and south of the mainland peninsula of [[Haram, Norway|Haram]]. The villages of [[Hoffland]], [[Årset, (Ålesund)|Årset]], and [[Myklebost, Ålesund|Myklebust]] are all located on the south side of the island. [[Ellingsøy Church]] is the main church for the island.

EllingsøyEllingsøya used to be accessible from the town of Ålesund only by boat or by road via [[Skodje Municipality]], but the [[undersea tunnel|undersea]] [[Ellingsøy Tunnel]] was built in 1987 connecting Ellingsøy to Ålesund (to the south) and the [[Valderøy Tunnel]] was also built connecting Ellingsøy to the nearby island of [[ValderøyValderøya]] in [[Giske Municipality]] to the west.<ref name="nrktunnel">{{Cite web|url=http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/more_og_romsdal/1.1455944|title=Tunnelarbeidet må stanse|accessdate=2007-10-17|publisher =nrk.no|year=2006|author=Odd Sørås|language=Norwegian}}</ref> The tunnels are accessed in the village of [[Hoffland]] on the southwestern part of the island. The {{convert|3481|m|adj=on}} long tunnel iswas currentlyupgraded beingin upgraded2007.<ref name="ellingsoytunnelen">{{Cite web |url=http://www.vegvesen.no/cs/Satellite?cid=1159949143387&pagename=VPAalesundstunnel%2FPage%2FVPside&c=Page |title=Ellingsøytunnelen |accessdate=2007-10-17 |publisher=Statens vegvesen |year=2007 |language=Norwegian |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228173326/http://www.vegvesen.no/cs/Satellite?cid=1159949143387&pagename=VPAalesundstunnel%2FPage%2FVPside&c=Page |archivedate=2008-02-28 |deadurl=yes |dfurl-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="rehabtunnel">{{Cite web |url=http://www.vegvesen.no/cs/Satellite?cid=1159949154256&pagename=vegvesen%2FSVVartikkel%2FSVVartikkelMedRelatert&c=SVVartikkel |title=Klart for anleggsstart i "Ålesundstunnelene" |accessdate=2007-10-17 |publisher=Statens vegvesen |year=2006 |language=Norwegian |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228173340/http://www.vegvesen.no/cs/Satellite?cid=1159949154256&pagename=vegvesen%2FSVVartikkel%2FSVVartikkelMedRelatert&c=SVVartikkel |archivedate=2008-02-28 |deadurl=yes |dfurl-status=dead }}</ref>

EllingsøyEllingsøya has an [[association football]] team, ''Ellingsøy IL'', which currently plays in the 5th division in Norway.

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