Brandsø
Sign in to saveBrandsø is a small, uninhabited Danish island located in Little Belt between Jutland and Funen, 15 km to the north-west of Assens. It has an area of 2.0 km2 it lies in Middelfart Municipality and belongs to the Wedellsborg estate. The hilly island is formed by glacial moraines and has a large bog at its centre and forested areas to the east. It is used for hunting.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in isle, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony files it under Middelfart Municipality and Uninhabited islands of Denmark.
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- Instance of
- island
- Country
- Denmark
- Located in
- Middelfart Municipality
- Area
- 2.039
- Body of water
- Little Belt
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Brandsø is a small, uninhabited Danish island located in Little Belt between Jutland and Funen, 15 km to the north-west of Assens. It has an area of 2.0 km2 it lies in Middelfart Municipality and belongs to the Wedellsborg estate. The hilly island is formed by glacial moraines and has a large bog at its centre and forested areas to the east. It is used for hunting.
In the 1920s, Brandsø had a population of around 50 but was gradually depopulated and has been uninhabited since the late 1960s. In 1974 it was listed as one of 15 possible locations for a Danish nuclear power plant.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Brandsø” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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2 mapped locations