Muskö is an island in the southern part of
Stockholm archipelago, which forms part of
Haninge Municipality
Haninge Municipality (''Haninge kommun'') is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in Handen, a part of the Stockholm urban area.
Haninge Municipality was formed in 1971 when ''Västerhaninge'' and ''Öst ...
,
Stockholm County,
Sweden. It is best known for the
Muskö naval base
Muskö Naval Base is a Swedish underground naval facility on the island of Muskö just south of Stockholm in Haninge Municipality (Haninge Kommun).
The construction of the base started in 1950 and was completed 19 years later in 1969. During ...
. There are also two urban areas (''tätort'') on the island:
Muskö and
Hoppet.
Access to the mainland is by the , with a length of , which connects Muskö to the neighbouring island of
Yxlö under the waters of the
Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden and the North and Central European Plain.
The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and ...
. Yxlö is itself connected to the mainland by a series of road bridges. The road across the bridges and islands, and through the tunnel, is known as the and was originally built in the 1960s to provide access to the naval base.
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The island of Muskö is divided into east and west halves by the Muskö Canal, an artificial channel first dug at the beginning of the 18th century and re-excavated in the 1930s.]
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Islands of Haninge Municipality
Islands of the Stockholm archipelago
Populated places in Haninge Municipality
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