Furuholmen
Furuholmen is an islet in Asker, Akershus. Furuholmen is situated nearby to the locality Verpen, as well as near Bråtan.Places of Interest
Highlights include Kongsdelene Church and German cruiser Blücher.
German cruiser Blücher
Disaster remains
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
Blücher was the second of five Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruisers of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine, built after the rise of the Nazi Party and the repudiation of the Treaty of Versailles. German cruiser Blücher is situated 3½ km northeast of Furuholmen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Drøbak and Fagerstrand.
Drøbak
Photo: Øyvind Holmstad, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Drøbak is in the Frogn municipality, in the county of Akershus in Norway, at the shores of the Oslofjord, a few miles south-east of Oslo.
Fagerstrand
Village
Fagerstrand is a village in the municipality of Nesodden, in the county of Akershus, in the country of Norway. It is south of Oslo on the peninsula of Nesodden. Fagerstrand is situated 7 km north of Furuholmen.
Spro
Quarter
Spro is a village in Nesodden municipality, Akershus, Norway. It is a former site of ice block extradition industry, and there are a number of man-made ponds created for this purpose. Spro is situated 10 km north of Furuholmen.
Furuholmen
- Type: Islet
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Asker, Akershus, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
59.67512° or 59° 40′ 30″ northLongitude
10.5645° or 10° 33′ 52″ eastElevation
3 metres (10 feet)Open location code
9FFGMHG7+2ROpenStreetMap ID
way 26921603OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
3258766Wikidata ID
Q35389615
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Furuholmen” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Furuholmen”
- Turkish: “Furuholmen”
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