Sydspissen

Sydspissen is a point in Horten, Vestfold, Innlandet. Sydspissen is situated nearby to the locality Storsletta, as well as near Bastøy Landskapsvernområde.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bastøy Prison and Bastøy.

Bastøy Prison

Prison

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Bastøy Prison is a low-security, male-only prison on Bastøy Island, Norway, located in the Horten municipality about 75 km south of Oslo. The prison is on a 2.6 km2 island and hosts 115 inmates making it the largest low-security prison in Norway.

Bastøy

Island

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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.

Sydspissen

Type: Point
Category: landform
Location: Horten, Vestfold, East Norway, Alvdal, Innlandet, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude

59.36651° or 59° 21′ 59″ north

Longitude

10.53547° or 10° 32′ 8″ east

Elevation

1 metre (3 feet)

Open location code

9FFG9G8P+J5

GeoNames ID

9697633

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In Other Languages

“Sydspissen” goes by many names.

Norwegian: “Sydspissen”

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Localities in the Area

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