Garstadholmen

Garstadholmen is an islet in Bamble, Telemark, Innlandet. Garstadholmen is situated nearby to the hamlet Surtebogen, as well as near the neighborhood Grenland industri.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Grenland Bridge and Brevik Bridge.

Grenland Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Hallvard Straume, Public domain.

Grenland Bridge is Norway's highest cable-stayed bridge with a tower height of 168 metres. The bridge, which opened in 1996, is part of the European Route E18 highway and it crosses the Frierfjord, a fjord in Telemark county. Grenland Bridge is situated 2½ km southeast of Garstadholmen.

Brevik Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Hallvard Straume, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Brevik Bridge is one of two bridges that span the mouth of the Frierfjord. It connects Bamble Municipality and Porsgrunn Municipality in Telemark county. Brevik Bridge is situated 4 km southeast of Garstadholmen.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Porsgrunn and Langesund.

Porsgrunn

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Porsgrunn is a town in the county of Telemark in Norway with a population of 35,000. The larger town of Skien is nearby and the combined urban area has a population of 87,000.

Langesund

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Langesund is the administrative centre of Bamble Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The town is located on a peninsula along the Langesundsfjorden near the Skagerrak coast.

Garstadholmen

Type: Islet
Description: islet in Norway
Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
Location: Bamble, Telemark, East Norway, Alvdal, Innlandet, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude

59.0634° or 59° 3′ 48″ north

Longitude

9.63412° or 9° 38′ 3″ east

Elevation

-1 metres (-3 feet)

Open location code

9FFF3J7M+9J

OpenStreetMap ID

way 4153627

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=coastline

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

GeoNames ID

2609746

Wikidata ID

Q35392078

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Turkish—“Garstadholmen” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Garstadholmen”
Turkish: “Garstadholmen”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Surtebogen and Grenland industri.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Selskjæra and Jonsholmen.

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