Turøyna
Island in Vestland, Norway
title: "Turøyna" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["islands-of-vestland", "øygarden", "bird-observatories", "birdwatching-sites-in-norway"] description: "Island in Vestland, Norway" topic_path: "geography/norway" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turøyna" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Island in Vestland, Norway ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Turøyna |
| | location | Vestland, Norway | | mapframe | yes | | mapframe-caption | Interactive map of the island | | mapframe-zoom | 11 | | coordinates | | | area_km2 | 1.67 | | length_km | 2.5 | | width_km | 1 | | coastline_km | 7.63 | | elevation_m | 74.5 | | highest_mount | Turøyvarden | | country | Norway | | country_admin_divisions_title | County | | country_admin_divisions | Vestland | | country_admin_divisions_title_1 | Municipality | | country_admin_divisions_1 | Øygarden Municipality | ::
|name = Turøyna
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Turøyna is an island in Øygarden Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The 1.67 km2 island lies just west of the islands of Toftøyna and Misje. Prior to 1964, the island was part of the old Herdla Municipality. Then from 1964 until 2020 it was part of Fjell Municipality.
About 100 people live on this island, which has a road connection to the mainland via the Turøy Bridge which connects to the island of Toftøyna. The road then continues over a series of bridges connecting a string of islands to each other and to the city of Bergen. The postcode is 5365 Turøy.
The island is a good spot for birdwatching and hosts an ornithological station.
The island received some notoriety because of a 2016 helicopter crash that killed all 13 people on board, mainly oil workers. The chopper was flying from the Gullfaks oil field to Bergen.
References
References
- "Informasjon om stadnamn". [[Norwegian Mapping Authority.
- Jukvam, Dag. (1999). "Historisk oversikt over endringer i kommune- og fylkesinndelingen". [[Statistics Norway.
- "Turøy i Fjell kommune". [[Norwegian Ornithological Society]].
- (2016-05-01). "Super Puma crash: Helicopter 'showed warning light'". BBC News.
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