Kurön

Kurön is an island in , . Kurön is situated nearby to the hamlet , as well as near .
  • Type: Island
  • Description: isle in lake Mälaren, Sweden
  • Also known as: “Kuron”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Birka and Björkö.

Archaeological site
, on the island of Björkö in present-day , was an important Viking Age trading center which handled goods from as well as many parts of Continental Europe and the Orient.

Island
Photo: powi, CC BY 2.0.
is an in in eastern-central . It is mostly famous for housing the excavation site populated c. AD 750-975, together with on declared a World Heritage Site in 1993.

Museum
Photo: Holger.Ellgaard, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lindby and Mälby.

Hamlet
Photo: Holger.Ellgaard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, Adelsö is a village in , , southeastern .

Hamlet
Photo: Holger.Ellgaard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village in , , southeastern .

Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is an archaeological site on the island of in in central-eastern . During the Viking Age, the centre of the prospering Mälaren Valley was the settlement , founded in the mid-8th century and abandoned in the late 10th century and located on the island Björkö just south of Adelsö.

Kurön

Latitude
59.32519° or 59° 19′ 31″ north
Longitude
17.49205° or 17° 29′ 31″ east
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
Open location code
9FFV8FGR+3R
Open­Street­Map ID
way 3410920
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
2698597
Wiki­data ID
Q10550611
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Satellite Map

Discover Kurön from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Kurön” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Kurön”
  • Finnish: “Kurön”
  • French: “Kurön”
  • Norwegian: “Kurön”
  • Norwegian: “Kurøn”
  • Swedish: “Kurön”

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