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Hidra (island)

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The island is almost entirely granite with some moraine deposits. The inner part of the island is much more hospitable, with oak and other deciduous trees. The island is divided nearly in two halves by the Rasvågfjorden, and the Eie Canal was built through the remaining isthmus so that small boats
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is another main village on the south side of the island. In 2007, the government of Norway studied the possibility of building an undersea tunnel to connect the island to the mainland without a ferry, but it was deemed to be too costly for the small benefit.
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municipality, south of the mainland coast, separated by the 350-metre (1,150 ft) wide Hidrasund
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The island was the center of the old municipality of
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Hidra


Agder
Norway
58°13′48″N 6°32′52″E / 58.2300°N 06.5477°E / 58.2300; 06.5477
Area rank
Agder
Norway
Agder
Flekkefjord
island
Agder
Norway
Flekkefjord
strait
Listafjorden
Kirkehavn
Hidra Church
Rasvåg
Hidra
Hitra § Name
Old Norse
fjord
List of islands of Norway
"Hidra, Flekkefjord (Vest-Agder)"
yr.no
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