Bastøy
Bastøy is an island in Horten Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The 2.23-square-kilometre island is owned by the government and it has no permanent residents, however, Bastøy Prison, a minimum-security prison, is located on the island, so there are always temporary residents on the island.
- Island
- …lies at an elevation of 37 metres (121 feet)
- Description: island in Horten, Norway
- Also known as“Bastö”“Bastøy Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bastøy Prison and Borre mound cemetery.
Borre mound cemetery
Borre mound cemetery forms part of the Borre National Park at Horten in Vestfold, Norway.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Moss.
Bastøy
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- Location
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Latitude
59.37939° or 59° 22′ 46″ north
Longitude
10.52617° or 10° 31′ 34″ east
Open location code
9FFG9GHG+QF
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Bastøy” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bastøy”
- Danish: “Bastøy”
- French: “Bastøy”
- French: “Île de Bastøy”
- German: “Bastøy”
- Italian: “Bastøy”
- Japanese: “バストイ島”
- Low German: “Bastøy”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bastøy Island”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bastøy”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bastøy”
- Norwegian: “Bastøy”
- Spanish: “Bastøy”
- Turkish: “Bastøy”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Prison library and Bastøy Prison.
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