Akerøya Fort on Festningsholmen

Akerøya is an uninhabited island in the Hvaler island chain in Østfold, Norway. The island has an area of 1.6 km². On the islet Festningholmen near Akerøya is Akerøya Fort which from the 17th century was part of the fortifications of Fredrikstad Fortress.[1] [2] Akerøya was protected as a nature reserve from 1978, and is included in the Ytre Hvaler National Park from 2009.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Halvor Haugen. "Redningsaksjon for Akerøy fort". NRK Østfold. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Akerøya". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
  3. ↑ "Forskrift om vern av Ytre Hvaler nasjonalpark, Hvaler og Fredrikstad kommuner, Østfold" (in Norwegian). Lovdata. 2009. Retrieved 28 August 2011.

59°02′53″N 10°53′02″E / 59.048°N 10.884°E / 59.048; 10.884


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