Briskesletta
Briskesletta is a slope in Horten, Vestfold, Innlandet. Briskesletta 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
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
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. Borre mound cemetery is situated 3½ km west of Briskesletta.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Moss.
Moss
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Moss is a coastal town and a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Moss. The city of Moss was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 and City in 1720.
Briskesletta
- Type: Slope
- Category: landform
- Location: Horten, Vestfold, East Norway, Alvdal, Innlandet, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.37828° or 59° 22′ 42″ northLongitude
10.53303° or 10° 31′ 59″ eastElevation
46 metres (151 feet)Open location code
9FFG9GHM+86GeoNames ID
12089701
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In Other Languages
“Briskesletta” goes by many names.
- Norwegian: “Briskesletta”
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Localities in the Area
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