Björkö
Björkö is an island in Korsholm municipality, Finland. It is situated in the Kvarken area of the Gulf of Bothnia. The chief settlement is called Björköby.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Korsholm, Finland
- Also known as: “Bjoerkoen”, “Björkö (Korsholm)”, and “Björkön”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Björköby and Kvarken Archipelago.
Björköby
Town
Photo: AleGranholm, CC BY 2.0.
Björköby is a village and a former municipality now part of Korsholm, Finland. It is the chief settlement on the island of Björkö. The harbour of the village is called Svedjehamn. Björköby was an independent municipality until 1973.
Kvarken Archipelago
Photo: Christine und Hagen Graf, CC BY 2.0.
The Kvarken Archipelago is an archipelago in the narrowest part of the Gulf of Bothnia, between Finland and Sweden. Along with the neighboring High Coast of Sweden, it has been named a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Björkö
- Category: landform
- Location: Ostrobothnia, West Coast, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Björkö” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bjorko Island”
- Dutch: “Björkö (Korsholm)”
- Dutch: “Björkö”
- Finnish: “Björkö (Mustasaari)”
- Finnish: “Björkö”
- French: “Björkö (Kvarken)”
- French: “Björkö”
- Macedonian: “Бјерке (Корсхолм)”
- Macedonian: “Бјерке”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Björköby”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bjørkøby”
- Spanish: “Isla Björkö”
- Swedish: “Björkö, Korsholm”
- Swedish: “Björkö”
- Turkish: “Björkö”
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Localities in the Area
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About Mapcarta. 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 “Björkö”. Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.