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Romsdalshalvøya, sometimes translated as the Romsdal Peninsula, is a 1,560-square-kilometre (600 sq mi) peninsula located in the Romsdal district of Møre og Romsdal county in Norway. The peninsula encompasses the western Norwegian municipalities of Molde, Gjemnes, and Hustadvika.[1]
Romsdalshalvøya
Romsdal Peninsula | |
|---|---|
  Romsdalshalvøya Location of the peninsula  Romsdalshalvøya Romsdalshalvøya (Norway) | |
| Coordinates: 62.8390°N 7.4740°E | |
| Location | Møre og Romsdal, Norway |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,560 km2 (600 sq mi) |
The peninsula is connected to the mainland by a 5-kilometre (3.1 mi) wide isthmus between the villages of Eidsvåg and Eidsøra in Molde Municipality. The peninsula is flanked by a number of fjords: Langfjord and Romsdalsfjord to the south, Julsund (to the west), Hustadvika to the north, Kornstadfjord and Kvernesfjord to the north-east, and Tingvollfjorden and Sunndalsfjord to the east.
About 42,000 people live on the peninsula, with another 5,000 on the adjacent islands.
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