Otterøya

For the island in Midsund, Møre og Romsdal, Norway, see Otrøya.

For the island in Bømlo, see Otterøya (Hordaland).

Otterøya

Geography
Location	Nord-Trøndelag, Norway
Coordinates	64°29′30″N 11°21′22″E / 64.4918°N 11.3561°E / 64.4918; 11.3561Coordinates: 64°29′30″N 11°21′22″E / 64.4918°N 11.3561°E / 64.4918; 11.3561
Area	143 km2 (55.2 sq mi)
Length	25 km (15.5 mi)
Width	6 km (3.7 mi)
Highest elevation	446 m (1,463 ft)
Highest point	Tømmervikfjellet
Norway
County	Nord-Trøndelag
Municipality	Namsos
Demographics
Population	809 (as of 2001)

Otterøya is an island in the municipality of Namsos in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is the largest island in the county. Otterøya sits northwest of the town of Namsos on the north side of the Namsenfjorden. It is connected to the mainland by the Lokkaren Bridge. The island was once part of the old municipality of Otterøy, but was merged together with Namsos in 1964.^[1]

Notable residents

• Idar Lind (born 1954), a Norwegian writer

See also

• List of islands of Norway by area

References

1. ^ Store norske leksikon. "Otterøya – Namsos" (in Norwegian). http://snl.no/Otter%C3%B8ya/Namsos. Retrieved 2011-08-13.