Gråøya
Gråøya is an island in Asker, Akershus. Gråøya is situated nearby to the hamlet Verven, as well as near the locality Åros brygge.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Asker municipality, Norway
- Also known as: “Gråøy”, “Graoya”, and “Groøya”
Places of Interest
Highlights include German cruiser Blücher and Håøya.
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.
Håøya
Island
Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Håøya is an island in Oslofjorden in Frogn municipality, Norway. Its area is 5.6 km², which makes it the largest island in Inner Oslo Fjord. It is located between Oscarsborg and Gråøya.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fagerstrand and Drøbak.
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.
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.
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.
Gråøya
- Categories: nature reserve, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Asker, Akershus, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
59.70188° or 59° 42′ 7″ northLongitude
10.53574° or 10° 32′ 9″ eastElevation
63 metres (207 feet)Open location code
9FFGPG2P+Q7OpenStreetMap ID
way 4154845OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
3258777Wikidata ID
Q4583306
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Gråøya” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Gråøya (pulo sa Noruwega, Buskerud fylke)”
- Cebuano: “Gråøya”
- French: “Gråøya”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gråøya”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Groøya”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gråøya”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Groøya”
- Norwegian: “Gråøya”
- Swedish: “Gråøya”
- Turkish: “Gråøya”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Verven and Åros brygge.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gråøya and Verven badestrand.
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