Sjursøya
Sjursøya is a peninsula located in Oslo, Norway. The peninsula is entirely used by the Port of Oslo as a container and petroleum port, and serves as the primary oil port for Eastern Norway.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Cape
- Description: peninsula in Oslo, Norway
- Also known as: “Sjursö”, “Sjursöen”, “Sjursøy”, “Sjursøy Island”, and “Sjursoya”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bleikøya and Hovedøya.
Bleikøya
Island
Photo: Helge Høifødt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bleikøya is an island in the inner part of Oslofjord, in the municipitality of Oslo. It is located between Hovedøya and Sjursøya. From the late 19th century, a sanatorium for children suffering from scrofula was located on the island.
Hovedøya
Island
Photo: Toresetre, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hovedøya is one of several small islands off the coast of Oslo, Norway in the Oslofjord. The island is quite small, no more than 800 metres across in any direction, the total area is 0,4 square kilometre.
Ormøya
Islet
Photo: Silja91, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ormøya is an inhabited island in the inner part of Oslofjord, in the municipality of Oslo. It is located north of the island Malmøya and west of the mainland at Bekkelaget / Nordstrand.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jomfrubråten and Grønlia.
Jomfrubråten
Suburb
Jomfrubråten is a residential area of Nordstrand in Oslo, Norway. It is located approximately 3 kilometres away from the city centre. The area was disintegrated from Ekeberg in 1920, and made a residential area when the Ekeberg Line opened in 1917.
Grønlia
Quarter
Photo: Oslo Museum, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Grønlia is a neighborhood in the Oslo borough of Gamle Oslo. It is located below Ekebergåsen, along the Oslofjord, south of Sørenga and north of Kongshavn.
Bekkelaget
Suburb
Photo: Wilhelm Joys Andersen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bekkelaget is a neighborhood in the borough Nordstrand in Oslo, Norway. Originally, Bekkelaget was the maritime area south of Oslo city, in Aker municipality adjacent to the Bunnefjorden.
Sjursøya
- Categories: peninsula, tied island, and landform
- Location: Oslo Municipality, Oslo, Oslo region, East Norway, Alvdal, Innlandet, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.88751° or 59° 53′ 15″ northLongitude
10.75242° or 10° 45′ 9″ eastElevation
11 metres (36 feet)Open location code
9FFGVQQ2+2XOpenStreetMap ID
node 8066509731OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Sjursøya” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sjursøya”
- Danish: “Sjursøya”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sjursøya”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sjusøya”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sjursøya”
- Norwegian: “Sjursøya”
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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 “Sjursøya”. Photo: Helge Høifødt, CC BY-SA 3.0.