Bestumkilen

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Bestumkilen is a bay in Lysakerfjorden in the inner Oslofjord of Norway.

Lysakerfjorden is an arm of the Oslofjord in Norway. It starts at the mouth of the Lysaker River, and is bordered by the peninsulas Snarøya to the west and Bygdøy to the east.

The Oslofjord is an inlet in the south-east of Norway, stretching from an imaginary line between the Torbjørnskjær and Færder lighthouses and down to Langesund in the south to Oslo in the north. It is part of the Skagerrak strait, connecting the North Sea and the Kattegat sea area, which leads to the Baltic Sea. The Oslofjord is not a fjord in the geological sense — in Norwegian the term fjord can refer to a wide range of waterways. The bay is divided into the inner and outer Oslofjord at the point of the 17 by 1 kilometre Drøbak Sound.

Located west of the Bygdøy peninsula and east of Vækerø, it is bordered by the islet Killingen in the southwest and the mouth of the river Hoffselva at Sjølyst in the northeast. It was formerly known, together with Frognerkilen, under the name Ladegaardsfjordene.^[1] This stems from older times, when Bygdøy was an island, named Ladegaardsøen. Bygdøy later became a peninsula due to post-glacial rebound, separating Bestumkilen from Frognerkilen.^[2] Propositions to reconnect Bestumkilen and Frognerkilen through a canal were made in 1928 and 1937, but not carried out.^[3]

Bygdøy or Bygdø is a peninsula situated on the western side of Oslo, Norway. Administratively, Bygdøy belongs to the borough of Frogner. Bygdøy is also the home of five national museums as well as a royal estate.

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Post-glacial rebound is the rise of land masses after the lifting of the huge weight of ice sheets during the last glacial period, which had caused isostatic depression. Post-glacial rebound and isostatic depression are phases of glacial isostasy, the deformation of the Earth's crust in response to changes in ice mass distribution. The direct raising effects of post-glacial rebound are readily apparent in parts of Northern Eurasia, Northern America, Patagonia, and Antarctica. However, through the processes of ocean siphoning and continental levering, the effects of post-glacial rebound on sea level are felt globally far from the locations of current and former ice sheets.

The rowing club Bestumkilen RK and the canoeing club Oslo KK are based in Bestumkilen. There is also a harbor for leisure boats.

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References

↑ Tvedt, Knut Are, ed. (2000). "Bestumkilen". Oslo byleksikon (4 ed.). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. p. 61. ISBN 82-573-0815-3.
↑ Tvedt, Knut Are, ed. (2000). "Bygdøy". Oslo byleksikon (4 ed.). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. p. 85. ISBN 82-573-0815-3.
↑ Tvedt, Knut Are, ed. (2000). "Frognerkilen". Oslo byleksikon (4 ed.). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. p. 143. ISBN 82-573-0815-3.

Coordinates: 59°55′0″N10°40′1″E / 59.91667°N 10.66694°E / 59.91667; 10.66694

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[1] Tvedt, Knut Are, ed. (2000). "Bestumkilen". Oslo byleksikon (4 ed.). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. p. 61. ISBN 82-573-0815-3.

[2] Tvedt, Knut Are, ed. (2000). "Bygdøy". Oslo byleksikon (4 ed.). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. p. 85. ISBN 82-573-0815-3.

[3] Tvedt, Knut Are, ed. (2000). "Frognerkilen". Oslo byleksikon (4 ed.). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. p. 143. ISBN 82-573-0815-3.