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Osterøy (island)

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Kallestadsundet Bridge to leave the island, drive 40 kilometres (25 mi) along the mainland to the opposite side of the island, then cross the Osterøy Bridge to get back onto the island. This is why the northeastern part of the island is part of Vaksdal municipality and the rest of the island is part of Osterøy municipality.
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which connects the northeastern tip of the island to the mainland. The northeastern part of Osterøy only has one road, and it is not connected to the rest of the roads on the island, so to get from the northeastern part of the island to the rest of the island, one would have to cross the
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municipality. The vast majority of the island's population lives in Osterøy municipality (7,305 inhabitants as of 2008).
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There are two road bridges that connect the island to the rest of the road network in Norway. The first is the
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flows along the eastern side. The highest mountain on Osterøy is the 868-metre (2,848 ft) tall
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municipality, and the rest (53 square kilometres (20 sq mi)) by
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Western part of the island, surrounded by the Sørfjorden
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with mainland Norway on all sides of those fjords. The
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flows along the southern and western sides, and the
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Osterøy is located in Vestland
Osterøy is located in Norway
Vestland
Norway
60°32′06″N 5°33′52″E / 60.5350°N 5.5644°E / 60.5350; 5.5644
Vestland
Osterøy
Vaksdal
island
Bergen
Vestland
Norway
ocean
Northern Europe
Osterøy
Vaksdal
fjords
Osterfjorden
Romarheimsfjorden
Sørfjorden
Veafjorden
Høgafjellet
Osterøy Bridge
Kallestadsundet Bridge
Southwestern tip of the island with the Osterøy Bridge
Osterøy Bridge
Western part of the island, surrounded by the Sørfjorden
View of Hausvik, on the western coast
View of the Veafjorden with Osterøy to the left

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