Sjursøya is a

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located in

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. The peninsula is entirely used by the Port of Oslo as a container and petroleum port, and serves as the primary oil port for

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. A train accident occurred at Sjursøya on 24 March 2010, when a runaway set of 16 empty carriages belonging to

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crashed into a terminal building at high speed. This incident caused 3 deaths and 4 injured persons.

The name

The first element is the genitive form of the male name ''Sjur'' (from Norse ''Sigurðr'') - the last element is the finite form of øy ('island').

References

Landforms of Oslo Peninsulas of Norway {{Oslo-geo-stub