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Håkøya is an island in Tromsø municipality, Norway. The island is located in the strait Sandnessundet between the island Kvaløya and Tromsø, southeast of Eidkjosen on Kvaløya.
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The German battleship Tirpitz was at Håkøya from 15 October 1944 and was sunk by British bombers the same year on 12 November. A memorial to the ca. 1200 fallen on Tirpitz stands on Håkøya.
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Håkøya Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA