Holmengrå

Holmengrå (historically: Holmengraa) may refer to the following:

Places

  • Holmengrå, Finnmark, a small fishing village in Sør-Varanger municipality, Finnmark county, Norway
  • Holmengrå, Østfold, a small island in Hvaler municipality in Østfold county, Norway
  • Holmengrå, Vestland, a small island in Fedje municipality, Vestland county, Norway
    • Holmengrå Lighthouse, a lighthouse on the island of Holmengrå in Fedje municipality, Vestland county, Norway
  • Holmengrå, Sweden, a small island just west of Strömstad in Västra Götaland County, Sweden

Other

  • Battle of Holmengrå (in Hvaler), a battle during the Civil war era in Norway on 12 Nov 1139
  • MS Holmengraa is the name of a Norwegian tanker which was sunk on 28 December 1944 in an Allied air strike during World War II

See also

  • Grey Island, originally called Holmen graa, in the South Orkney islands near Antarctica
  • Holmengråfjorden, a fjord that flows past Holmengrå in Sør-Varanger, Norway
  • Holmengråfjellet, a mountain to the north of Holmengrå in Sør-Varanger, Norway


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