Prästö
Prästö is an island in the municipality of Sund in Åland, Finland. It is connected to the Åland Mainland by the Bomarsund Bridge crossing the narrow Bomarsund Strait.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5 dk.
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Sund, Åland, Finland
- Also known as: “Island of the Dead”, “Praestoe”, “Prästö, Åland”, “Prestö”, and “Priest Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bomarsund and Bomarsund Bridge.
Bomarsund Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Håkan Skogsjö, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Bomarsund Bridge is a bridge in the municipality of Sund, Aland which crosses the Bomarsund strait, connecting Bomarsund on the west, to the island of Prästö on the east.
Brännklintstornet
Archaeological site
Photo: Håkan Skogsjö, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Brännklintstornet is an archaeological site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vårdö and Björby.
Vårdö
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Vårdö is a municipality in Åland, on the northern route between mainland Åland and mainland Finland. It was on the Great Post Route between Stockholm and Turku.
Björby
Village
Photo: Håkan Skogsjö, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Björby is a village, which is situated 9 km northwest of Prästö.
Prästö
- Category: landform
- Location: Sund, Countryside, Åland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Prästö” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Prästö (pulo sa Aland Islands)”
- Cebuano: “Prästö”
- Finnish: “Prästö”
- Japanese: “プラスト”
- Swedish: “De dödas ö”
- Swedish: “Prästö, Sund”
- Swedish: “Prästö”
- Turkish: “Prästö”
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