Bastøy
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Bastøy is an island in Horten Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The 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. The Bastøy Lighthouse was established on the island in 1840.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Bastøy is referenced by 4 other articles, and connects out to Horten Municipality, Norway and island.
The entry is geolocated on the map in isle, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Horten and Islands of Vestfold.
Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Bastøy
- Islands.image_name
- Bastøy Prison.jpg
- Islands.map
- Norway Vestfold#Norway
- Islands.map_caption
- Location in Vestfold
- Islands.location
- Vestfold, Norway
- Islands.area_km2
- 2.23
- Islands.length_km
- 3
- Islands.width_km
- 1.5
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title
- County
- Islands.country_admin_divisions
- Vestfold
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_1
- Municipality
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_1
- Horten
- Islands.population
- 0
- Islands.population_as_of
- 2024
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 0
- Area
- 2.49
- Image
- Towards Bastøy.jpg
- Width
- 1.4
- Length
- 3.0
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- Bastøy
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- History
- Nature
- See also
- References
Bastøy is an island in Horten Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. The 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. The Bastøy Lighthouse was established on the island in 1840.
==History== The island was purchased by the government of Norway in 1898 and it was used for a "special school home for neglected boys". Later, Bastøy was used as a shelter for alcoholics starting in 1971. Since 1998, the island has been used as a national minimum-security prison. The prison is fairly open and large parts of the island are used by the prisoners for farming. Bastøy bay and Bastøykalven in the north of the island are public open spaces and can be used for swimming and boating.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bastøy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations