Grytøya

Grytøya (Norwegian)
Rivttek (Northern Sami)
Grytøya seen from the east
Map
Geography
LocationTroms, Norway
Coordinates68°55′20″N 16°27′46″E / 68.9222°N 16.4629°E / 68.9222; 16.4629
Area108 km2 (42 sq mi)
Length17 km (10.6 mi)
Width10 km (6 mi)
Coastline62 km (38.5 mi)
Highest elevation1,012 m (3320 ft)
Highest pointNona
Administration
Norway
CountyTroms
MunicipalityHarstad Municipality
Demographics
Population433 (2017)
Pop. density4/km2 (10/sq mi)

Grytøya (Norwegian) or Rivttek (Northern Sami)[1] is an island in Harstad Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The 108-square-kilometre (42 sq mi) island lies just north of the large island of Hinnøya and south of the island of Bjarkøya. It is surrounded by the Vågsfjorden in the east and the Andfjorden in the west. The highest peak on the island is the 1,012-metre (3,320 ft) tall mountain Nona. The population of Grytøya (2017) is 433. The southeastern part of the island is the most agriculturally productive.[2]

The northern part of the island was formerly part of the old Bjarkøy Municipality, which merged with Harstad Municipality on 1 January 2013.

Transportation

There is a ferry connection from Bjørnå (on Grytøya) to Vika (on the neighboring island of Hinnøya), just north of the town of Harstad. The main road on the island follows the coastline from the northeast at Fenes to Grotavær in the northwest. There is very little settlement on the northern coast, and no road connections there.[2]

There used to be ferry connections to the neighboring islands of Bjarkøya and Sandsøya, but the Bjarkøy Fixed Link project created a bridge and undersea tunnel system connecting the three islands in 2018.[3]

  • Grytøya, seen from the Southeast
    Grytøya, seen from the Southeast
  • Ferry docked at Grytøya
    Ferry docked at Grytøya
  • Alvestad on Grytøya
    Alvestad on Grytøya
  • Sheep on Grytøya
    Sheep on Grytøya
  • View of Toppen on Grytøya
    View of Toppen on Grytøya

See also

References

  1. ^ "Informasjon om stadnamn". Norgeskart (in Norwegian). Kartverket. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
  2. ^ a b Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (2018-02-13). "Grytøya". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
  3. ^ "Fv. 867 / Fv. 125 Bjarkøyforbindelsene" (in Norwegian). Statens Vegvesen. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  • Media related to Grytøya at Wikimedia Commons
  • Harstad travel guide from Wikivoyage