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Hvalskjær

Hvalskjær is a skerry in Asker, 15.0 kilometres from Rådhusbrygge 4 as the crow flies. The entry comes from the Norwegian Mapping Authority’s place-name register. It has no article of its own here yet.

Position

59.84556° N, 10.49862° E

59° 50′ 44″ N   10° 29′ 55″ E

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Landing

Islets and skerries without a quay are reached by your own boat or by kayak. Many of them lie inside seabird reserves where landing is banned in the breeding season, as a rule from 15 April to 15 July. The boundaries and the dates are in Naturbase at the Norwegian Environment Agency, and they are worth checking before you go ashore.

Nearest island with an article

Konglungøya lies about 1.1 km from here. Knyttet til strandstedet Konglungen, som vokste fram fra fiskerboliger på 1700-tallet og ble utskipingssted for kalk og malm på 1800-tallet. Senere feriested med sveitservillaer, i dag velstående boligstrøk. På østenden ligger Konglungen naturminne (ca. 3 ha), praktisk talt utilgjengelig fra land.

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