Sotra
Island in Vestland county, Norway / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Sotra (disambiguation).
Sotra or Store Sotra is the name of a large island in Øygarden Municipality in Vestland county, Norway, located just west of the city of Bergen. It is part of a pair of islands called 'Sotra' and 'Litlesotra' ('small Sotra') that are part of a large archipelago stretching from Fedje southwards along the coast of Norway. The larger island of the two is Store Sotra (also called Sotra), and the smaller (and least populated) of the two is Litlesotra.[1] Roughly 28,700 (2017) people live on the two islands of Sotra, with the larger island having a population of about 19,100 (2017) and 9,589 (2017) living on the smaller island.[1]
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Location | Vestland, Norway |
Coordinates | 60.2366°N 5.0795°E / 60.2366; 5.0795 |
Area | 178.6 km2 (69.0 sq mi) |
Length | 31 km (19.3 mi) |
Width | 10 km (6 mi) |
Highest elevation | 341 m (1119 ft) |
Highest point | Liatårnet |
Administration | |
Norway | |
County | Vestland |
Municipality | Øygarden Municipality |
Demographics | |
Population | 19,100[1] (2017) |
Pop. density | 106.9/km2 (276.9/sq mi) |
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