Bømlo (island)

Bømlo
	View of the Svortland area on the island
	Location of the island
Geography
Location	Vestland, Norway
Coordinates	59°39′49″N 5°09′47″E / 59.6636°N 5.1630°ECoordinates: 59°39′49″N 5°09′47″E / 59.6636°N 5.1630°E
Area	171 km2 (66 sq mi)
Length	33 km (20.5 mi)
Width	12 km (7.5 mi)
Highest elevation	474 m (1555 ft)
Highest point	Siggjo
Administration
	Norway
County	Vestland
Municipality	Bømlo

Bømlo (or Bømmeløy) is an island in Vestland county, Norway. At 171 square kilometres (66 sq mi), it is the largest island in the island municipality of Bømlo, lying just off the western coast of Norway. The island sits at the northern entrance to the vast Hardangerfjorden, west of the Stokksundet strait, south of the Selbjørnsfjorden, and east of the North Sea. In the 1800s, the was built across a small isthmus in the central part of the island, giving a shortcut from the eastern side of the island to the western side of the island.^[1]

The large island of Stord lies just to the east and the smaller island of Moster lies to the southwest. There are hundreds of other small islands surrounding Bømlo. The island does have a permanent ferry-free road connection to the mainland via the Triangle Link: the Spissøy Bridge, the Bømla Bridge, and then the Bømlafjord Tunnel. The main settlements on the island include the villages of Svortland, Rubbestadneset, , Langevåg and .

The flat surface that makes up Bømlo is a strandflat. This strandflat formed at least partly through weathering 210 million years ago during the Triassic period.^[2]

References[]

^ Store norske leksikon. "Bømlo – øy" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2015-02-17.
^ Fredin, Ola; Viola, Giulio; Zwingmann, Horst; Sørlie, Ronald; Brönner, Marco; Lie, Jan-Erik; Margrethe Grandal, Else; Müller, Axel; Margeth, Annina; Vogt, Christoph; Knies, Jochen (2017). "The inheritance of a Mesozoic landscape in western Scandinavia". Nature. 8: 14879. doi:10.1038/ncomms14879. PMC 5477494. PMID 28452366.

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[snl-1] Store norske leksikon. "Bømlo – øy" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2015-02-17.

[Fredinetal2017-2] Fredin, Ola; Viola, Giulio; Zwingmann, Horst; Sørlie, Ronald; Brönner, Marco; Lie, Jan-Erik; Margrethe Grandal, Else; Müller, Axel; Margeth, Annina; Vogt, Christoph; Knies, Jochen (2017). "The inheritance of a Mesozoic landscape in western Scandinavia". Nature. 8: 14879. doi:10.1038/ncomms14879. PMC 5477494. PMID 28452366.

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Bømlo (island)

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