Hustadvika
{{about|the coastal area in Møre og Romsdal, Norway|the municipality in Norway|Hustadvika Municipality}}
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|photo_caption = Storm at Hustadvika
|type = Coastal area
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|map_caption = Interactive map of the area
|location = Møre og Romsdal, Norway
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Hustadvika{{Cite web |title=Informasjon om stadnamn |url=https://stadnamn.kartverket.no/fakta/679056 |access-date=2025-03-17|website=Norgeskart |publisher=Kartverket |language=no}} is a shipping channel along a {{convert|10|nmi|adj=on}} long section of coastline in Hustadvika Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is the main shipping route between the towns of Molde and Kristiansund which goes around the Romsdal Peninsula.
Shipping route
This is considered one of the most dangerous parts of the Norwegian coast,{{Cite web |last=Averøy kommune |title=The Kvernes Area |url=http://averoy.kommune.no/Artikkel.aspx?AId=522&back=1&MId1=399&MId2=442&MId3=461& |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724180429/http://averoy.kommune.no/Artikkel.aspx?AId=522&back=1&MId1=399&MId2=442&MId3=461& |archive-date=2011-07-24 |access-date=2010-11-14 |quote=...Hustadvika, the most dangerous part of the coast here...}}{{Cite news |date=2019-03-24 |title=Norway cruise ship evacuated after engine problems |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47680055 |work=BBC}} and many ships have been wrecked along it.{{Cite news |date=2003-01-06 |title=Four believed dead in Norway ship sinking |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200301/s758026.htm |access-date=2010-11-14 |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Company}}{{Cite web |last=Byfuglien |first=Halvor H. |last2=Orskaug |first2=Oliver |date=2006-11-17 |title=Reis hit for å slukke kjærlighetssorgen |url=http://www.dagbladet.no/dinside/2006/11/17/483224.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081021081354/http://www.dagbladet.no/dinside/2006/11/17/483224.html |archive-date=2008-10-21 |access-date=2008-09-28 |publisher=Dagbladet |language=Norwegian |quote=Hustadvika [...] Det er et av de stedene i Norge hvor det oftest er skipsforlis [...] (Translation: ...one of the most common shipwreck locations in Norway... )}} Unlike most of the Norwegian coast, there are no larger islands sheltering the shipping route from the waves. The area is shallow and has many little islands and reefs, so ships have to go further out in the open ocean. The area includes the waters off of village of Bud and the Bjørnsund islands in the southwest and off the village of Hustad and Kvitholmen in the northeast.{{cite SNL|Hustadvika_-_havstykke|Hustadvika (havstykke)|2025-03-17|Thorsnæs|Geir|2024-11-25}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.vg.no/spesial/2019/viking-sky-evakuering/ Map of coast and underwater features]
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Category:Hustadvika (municipality)