Bastøyodden
Bastøyodden is a point in Horten, Vestfold, Innlandet. Bastøyodden is situated nearby to the locality Storsletta, as well as near Bastøy Landskapsvernområde.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Point
- Description: point in Norway
- Also known as: “Bastoyodden”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bastøy Prison and Bastøy.
Bastøy Prison
Prison
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.
Borre mound cemetery
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Borre mound cemetery forms part of the Borre National Park at Horten in Vestfold, Norway. It is home to seven large and 21 smaller burial mounds. Excavations in the 1980s revealed that the oldest mounds date to 600 AD, i.e. prior to the Viking Age. Borre mound cemetery is situated 4 km northwest of Bastøyodden.
Bastøyodden
- Category: landform
- Location: Horten, Vestfold, East Norway, Alvdal, Innlandet, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Norwegian—“Bastøyodden” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bastøyodden”
- German: “Bastøyodden”
- Norwegian: “Bastøyodden”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Storsletta and Bastøy Landskapsvernområde.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sydspissen and Kjempa.
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