Bleikøya

Bleikøya is an island in the inner part of , in the municipitality of . It is located between and . From the late 19th century, a sanatorium for children suffering from scrofula was located on the island.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Oslo, Norway
  • Also known as: Bleiköy”, “Bleikoya”, “Bleköen”, “Blekøy”, and “Bleköya

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hovedøya and Munch Museum.

Island
is one of several small islands off the coast of , in the . The island is quite small, no more than 800 metres across in any direction, the total area is 0,4 square kilometre.

Museum
, marketed as Munch since 2020, is an art museum in , Oslo, Norway, dedicated to the life and works of the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch.

Museum
Photo: Mahlum, Public domain.
The of Norway is a museum located at Akershus Fortress in , . Previously it was named Hærmuseet, The Army Museum. The museum consists of mostly army materiel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Grønlia and Jomfrubråten.

Quarter
is a neighborhood in the borough of . It is located below åsen, along the , south of and north of .

Suburb
is a residential area of in , . It is located approximately 3 kilometres away from . The area was disintegrated from Ekeberg in 1920, and made a residential area when the Ekeberg Line opened in 1917.

Suburb
Photo: Jpfagerback, BSD.
is a neighborhood in the city of , . The Norway Cup soccer tournament takes place at Ekebergsletta every summer. "Sletta" means "the plain".

Bleikøya

Latitude
59.88948° or 59° 53′ 22″ north
Longitude
10.74076° or 10° 44′ 27″ east
Elevation
18 metres (59 feet)
Open location code
9FFGVPQR+Q8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 4154383
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
3160999
Wiki­data ID
Q4574156
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Turkish—“Bleikøya” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Bleikøya
  • Danish: Bleikøya
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Bleikøya
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Bleikøya
  • Norwegian: Bleikøya
  • Turkish: Bleikøya

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Blindskjær and Blindskjærbåen.

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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 “Bleikøya”. Photo: Helge Høifødt, CC BY-SA 3.0.