Romsdalshalvøya


Romsdalshalvøya, sometimes translated as the Romsdal Peninsula, is a peninsula located in the Romsdal district of Møre [og Romsdal] county in Norway. The peninsula encompasses parts of Molde Municipality, Gjemnes Municipality, and Hustadvika Municipality.
The peninsula is connected to the mainland by a wide isthmus between the villages of Eidsvåg and Eidsøra in Molde Municipality. The peninsula is flanked by a number of fjords: Langfjorden, [Møre og Romsdal|Langfjorden] and Romsdalsfjorden to the south, Julsund, Hustadvika to the north, Kornstadfjorden and Kvernesfjorden to the north-east, and Tingvollfjorden and Sunndalsfjorden to the east.
About 42,000 people live on the peninsula, with another 5,000 on the adjacent islands.