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Store Sotra
Fishing vessel anchored in a bay
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Location in Hordaland county
Location Hordaland, Norway
Coordinates 60°14′12″N 5°04′46″E﻿ / ﻿60.2366°N 5.0795°E﻿ / 60.2366; 5.0795Coordinates: 60°14′12″N 5°04′46″E﻿ / ﻿60.2366°N 5.0795°E﻿ / 60.2366; 5.0795
Area 178.6 km2 (69.0 sq mi)
Length 31 km (19.3 mi)
Width 10 km (6 mi)
Highest elevation 341 m (1,119 ft)
Highest point Liatårnet
County Hordaland
Municipalities Fjell, Sund

Sotra or Store Sotra is the name of a large island in Hordaland county, Norway, located just west of the city of Bergen. It is part of a pair of islands called Sotra that are part of a large archipelago stretching from Fedje southwards along the coast of Norway. The larger island of the two is Store Sotra (also called Sotra), and the smaller (but most populated) of the two is Litlesotra.[1] Roughly 25,000 people live on the two islands of Sotra.


The northern two-thirds of the large island of Sotra is part of the municipality of Fjell and the southern third of Sotra is part of the municipality of Sund. The main population centres on Sotra include (from north to south) Vindenes, Ågotnes, Knappskog, Møvik, Tælavåg, Hammarsland, Skogsvågen, and Klokkarvik.

The island of Sotra is part of an archipelago, so it is surrounded by islands and waterways. To the east of Sotra lies the island of Litlesotra. The small islands of Bildøy and Geitung lie near Litlesotra. The Raunefjorden (to the east) separates Sotra from the mainland Bergen Peninsula. The small islands of Tyssøyna, Lerøyna, and Bjelkarøyna lie in the Raunefjorden off the southeastern coast of Sotra. To the south of Sotra lies the island of Toftøya and the Korsfjorden. To the west of Sotra lie a number of small islands including Algrøyna and Lokøyna. Finally, to the north of Sotra lie the small islands of Misje, Turøyna, and Toftøyna. Sotra is connected to the mainland by a series of road bridges across Bildøy and Litlesotra before crossing the Sotra Bridge, the seventh-longest suspension bridge in Norway.[1][2]


  1. ^ a b Store norske leksikon. "Store Sotra" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2014-12-02. 
  2. ^ Fjell, Ragnvald (1989). Sotrabrua (in Norweigen).