Muskö is an island in the southern part of
Stockholm archipelago
The Stockholm Archipelago () is the largest archipelago in Sweden, and the second-largest archipelago in the Baltic Sea (the largest being the Archipelago Sea across the Baltic in Finland). Part of the archipelago has been designated as a Rams ...
, which forms part of
Haninge Municipality
Haninge Municipality () 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 ''Österhaninge'' wer ...
,
Stockholm County,
Sweden
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. It is best known for the
Muskö Naval Base. 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
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. 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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