Storselsøya

{{Short description|Island in Nordland, Norway}} {{Infobox islands |name = Storselsøya<br />Selsøya<br />Hestmona |native_name = |native_name_link = |sobriquet = |image_name = Hestmannoey-2023.jpg |image_size = |image_caption = Aerial photo from north-east |location = Nordland, Norway |mapframe-zoom = 8 |coordinates = {{coord|66.5308|12.8494|display=inline,title|region:NO_type:isle}} |archipelago = |area_km2 = 13.6 |rank = |length_km = 6 |width_km = 4 |coastline_km = |elevation_m = 571 |highest_mount = Hestmonkallen |country = Norway |country_admin_divisions_title = County |country_admin_divisions = Nordland |country_admin_divisions_title_1 = Municipalities |country_admin_divisions_1 = Rødøy Municipality and Lurøy Municipality |population = 35 |population_as_of = 2017 |density_km2 = |density_footnotes = }}

'''Storselsøya''' (also known as '''Selsøya''' or '''Hestmona''')<ref name="navn">{{Cite web |date=2014-03-14 |title=Klagenemnda for stedsnavnsaker |url=https://www.sprakradet.no/globalassets/sprakarbeid/stedsnavn/klagenemnda/14_3_2014.pdf |publisher=Språkrådet |language=Norwegian |format=PDF}}</ref> is an island in Nordland county, Norway. The island is divided between two municipalities: Rødøy Municipality in the north and Lurøy Municipality in the south. The island of Nesøya lies to the west, the island of Lurøya lies to the south, and the mainland village of Tonnes lies to the east.

The northern and eastern parts of the {{convert|13.6|km2|adj=on}} island are flat and marshy. The Arctic Circle crosses the northern part of the island. There are ferry connections to the surrounding islands and to the mainland at Jektvika. The {{convert|571|m|adj=on}} tall mountain Hestmonkallen is located in the southwest.<ref name="snl">{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Selsøya |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |url=https://snl.no/Sels%C3%B8ya |date=2017-07-14 |editor-last=Thorsnæs |editor-first=Geir |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2019-02-02}}</ref>

==Name== The name of the island has varied over time and not all have agreed on the name. In 2014, the appeal board for the Norwegian Language Council made a final decision on the name of the island. They decided that the main name of the island would be ''Storselsøya'' and that name would also refer to the northern part of the island in Rødøy Municipality. ''Hestmona'' would be an official name that refers to the southern part of the island. The board also approved ''Selsøya'' as an alternate name. A minority on the appeal board wanted ''Hestmannøy'' to refer to the southern part in Lurøy Municipality, but that was not approved. Historically, the island was known as Hestmona because of the main mountain on the island was known as ''Hestmonkallen''.<ref name="navn" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Storselsøya, Rødøy (Nordland) |url=https://www.yr.no/place/Norway/Nordland/R%C3%B8d%C3%B8y/Storsels%C3%B8ya/ |access-date=2019-02-02 |publisher=yr.no |language=Norwegian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Hestmona, Lurøy (Nordland) |url=https://www.yr.no/place/Norway/Nordland/Lur%C3%B8y/Hestmona~262315/ |access-date=2019-02-02 |publisher=yr.no |language=Norwegian}}</ref><ref name="snl" />

==See also== *List of islands of Norway

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Category:Islands of Nordland Category:Rødøy Municipality Category:Lurøy Municipality