Stavanger Peninsula

{{short description|Peninsula in Rogaland County, Norway}} [[File:Hafrsfjord og Gandsfjord.jpg|thumb|250px|Satellite image of the peninsula.]]

'''Stavanger Peninsula''' ({{langx|no|Stavangerhalvøya}}) is a [[peninsula]] in [[Rogaland County]], [[Norway]]. The peninsula is named for the [[Stavanger (city)|city of Stavanger]], located on its northeastern shore and it includes the most populous parts of the [[Greater Stavanger]] urban area. The peninsula extends from a line between the [[Sandnes (town)|Sandnes]] harbour at the southern end of the [[Gandsfjorden]] straight west to the village of Ølbør in [[Sola Municipality]]. This line runs just south of [[Stavanger Airport]]. The peninsula is delimited by the [[Gandsfjorden]], [[Boknafjorden]], [[Byfjorden (Rogaland)|Byfjorden]], and the [[North Sea]].

Stavanger Peninsula includes [[Randaberg Municipality]], as well as parts of [[Stavanger Municipality]], [[Sandnes Municipality]], and [[Sola Municipality]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-08-22 |title=Nei til strømkabel i Lysefjorden |url=http://www.aftenbladet.no/energi/Nei-til-stromkabel-i-Lysefjorden-3016828.html |access-date=2013-01-30 |publisher=aftenbladet.no |language=Norwegian}}</ref>

The name ''Stavanger Peninsula'' is occasionally used interchangeably with ''North [[Jæren]]'' ({{langx|no|Nord-Jæren}}), but the former is a [[geographical]] region, while the latter is a [[political]] definition.

==See also== * [[List of peninsulas]]

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[[Category:Landforms of Rogaland]] [[Category:Peninsulas of Norway]]