Bastøyrenna
Bastøyrenna is a strait in Horten, Vestfold, Innlandet. Bastøyrenna is situated nearby to the hamlet Birkely, as well as near Vold.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Borre mound cemetery and Bastøy Prison.
Borre mound cemetery
Photo: Wolfmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
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.
Bastøyrenna
- Type: Strait
- Also known as: “Bastoyrenna”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Horten, Vestfold, East Norway, Alvdal, Innlandet, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.38916° or 59° 23′ 21″ northLongitude
10.49507° or 10° 29′ 42″ eastOpen location code
9FFG9FQW+M2GeoNames ID
12089553
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Bastøyrenna” goes by many names.
- Norwegian: “Bastøyrenna”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Birkely and Vold.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Voldestranda and Rørestranda.
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