Bastøy Prison
Bastøy Prison is a prison in Vestfold, East Norway, Innlandet. Bastøy Prison is situated nearby to the church Bastøy kapell, as well as near Prison library.Places of Interest Nearby
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 Prison is situated 110 metres southeast of Bastøy Prison.
Bastøy
Island
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 3 km west of Bastøy Prison.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Horten and Moss.
Horten
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Horten is a city in Vestfold, Norway. Mostly a quick stopover for travellers crossing the Oslofjord by ferry between here and Moss…
Moss
Photo: Douglaspperkins, CC BY 4.0.
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.
Bastøy Prison
- Type: Prison
- Also known as: “Bastøy Fengsel”
- Category: government building
- Location: Vestfold, East Norway, Alvdal, Innlandet, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.38026° or 59° 22′ 49″ northLongitude
10.52522° or 10° 31′ 31″ eastOpen location code
9FFG9GJG+43OpenStreetMap ID
node 3859869430OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=prison
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In Other Languages
“Bastøy Prison” goes by many names.
- Polish: “Więzienie Bastøy”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bastøy kapell and Prison library.
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