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Koster Islands
Kosteröarna
The Koster Islands (Swedish: Kosteröarna) situated 10 km west of Strömstad, Sweden, comprises an archipelago surrounding the two largest islands, South Koster and North Koster. South Koster has an area of 8 km2 and North Koster an area of 4 km2.
Chart
Overview
The Koster Islands (Swedish: Kosteröarna) situated 10 km west of Strömstad, Sweden, comprises an archipelago surrounding the two largest islands, South Koster and North Koster. South Koster has an area of 8 km2 and North Koster an area of 4 km2. The landscape, dominated by smooth bedrock, bears witness to volcanic activity and subsequent wear due to the Ice Age. The rocky coastline is broken by many sandy beaches, the largest being Kilesand on South Koster's east side overlooking the 200 meter deep Koster Fjord.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Census, cataloged
- Major islands3
- Minor islands4
- Islets95
- Rocks & skerries292
Major islands
Syd-Koster
- Area
- 7.9 km²
- High point
- 50 m
North Koster
- Area
- 3.9 km²
- High point
- 59 m
Saltholmen
- Area
- 0.24 km²
- High point
- 22 m
Minor islands
Jutholmen
- Area
- 0.17 km²
- High point
- 11 m
Hamneholmen
- Area
- 0.16 km²
- High point
- 22 m
Mörholmen
- Area
- 0.14 km²
- High point
- 11 m
Arholmen
- Area
- 0.11 km²
- High point
- 11 m
Rocks & skerries
On the chart above, at its closest zooms.
Listing 7 of 394; the rest are on the chart.
Figures
Comparative heights
- North Koster: 59 m
- Syd-Koster: 50 m
- Saltholmen: 22 m
- Hamneholmen: 22 m
- Jutholmen: 11 m
- Mörholmen: 11 m
- Arholmen: 11 m
To the same scale
Islands by area
| Syd-Koster | 7.9 km² |
| North Koster | 3.9 km² |
| Saltholmen | 0.24 km² |
| Jutholmen | 0.17 km² |
| Hamneholmen | 0.16 km² |
| Mörholmen | 0.14 km² |
| Arholmen | 0.11 km² |
Photographs
Sydkoster August 2012
Fyrvaktarbostället på Ursholmen.
Kosterhavet National Park, Ursholmen island, Sweden
Björnsängen Koster August 2012
Björnsängen Koster August 2012
Sydkoster August 2012
Ursholmen light station.
Sources
Facts
Photographs
- Sydkoster August 2012 - panoramio (4). Bengt Nyman / CC BY 3.0
- Fyrvaktarbostället på Ursholmen. Eskil Malmberg / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Kosterhavet-Ursholmen 01. Petr Vodička / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Harbour installations at Kostersundet, 15.08.2016. Liberaler Humanist / CC BY-SA 3.0
- Koster 9462 (7768479282). Bengt Nyman from Vaxholm, Sweden / CC BY 2.0
- Koster 9461 (7768480214). Bengt Nyman from Vaxholm, Sweden / CC BY 2.0
- Sydkoster August 2012 - panoramio (3). Bengt Nyman / CC BY 3.0
- Ursholmen light station. Eskil Malmberg / CC BY-SA 4.0
- View from Southkoster towards the main village of Nordkoster, 16.08.2016. Liberaler Humanist / CC BY-SA 3.0
- View over Kostersundet towards Nordkoster, 15.08.2016. Liberaler Humanist / CC BY-SA 3.0
- View towards Kostersundet, Perspective 1, 15.08.2016. Liberaler Humanist / CC BY-SA 3.0
- View towards Kostersundet, Perspective 2, 15.08.2016. Liberaler Humanist / CC BY-SA 3.0