Halsön
Halsön, or Halsögrund, is an island in the north of the Swedish sector of the Bay of Bothnia, in the Skellefteå archipelago. It includes the formerly separate island of Granön, so is sometimes called Halsön-Granön.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: NnieAndersson, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Sweden
- Also known as: “Halsö”, “Halsögrund”, and “Halson”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Byske and Ostvik.
Byske
Village
Photo: Jlundqvi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Byske is a locality situated in Skellefteå Municipality, Västerbotten County, Sweden with 1,752 inhabitants in 2013. Byske is situated 8 km north of Halsön.
Ostvik
Village
Ostvik is a locality situated in Skellefteå Municipality, Västerbotten County, Sweden with 387 inhabitants in 2010. Ostvik has had a substantial amount of secret military installations for its size, everything from secret underground bunkers to different kind of radar stations. Ostvik is situated 9 km west of Halsön.
Halsön
- Categories: tied island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Västerbotten County, Norrland, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
64.88043° or 64° 52′ 50″ northLongitude
21.24409° or 21° 14′ 39″ eastOpen location code
9GP3V6JV+5JOpenStreetMap ID
way 4604694OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Halsön” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Halsön”
- Norwegian: “Halsön”
- Norwegian: “Halsøn”
- Swedish: “Granön”
- Swedish: “Halsögrund”
- Swedish: “Halsön, Skellefteå kommun”
- Swedish: “Halsön”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Halsön”. Photo: NnieAndersson, CC BY-SA 4.0.