page_title: Gothenburg archipelago
section_title: Southern archipelago
hierarchical_section_title: Gothenburg archipelago / Southern archipelago
caption_attribution_description: English: The island Böttö with a traditional lighthouse is part of the southern archipelago of Göteborg. Böttö is situated west of Galterö in Styrsö Parish, Askim Hundred, Göteborg Municipality, Västergötland, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. Svenska: Den lilla ön Böttö med sin fyr ligger i Göteborgs södra skärgård. Böttö ligger mer exakt 700 meter väster om Galteröhuvud på Galterö i Styrsö socken, Askims härad, Göteborgs kommun, Västergötland, Västra Götalands län, Sverige.
context_page_description: The archipelago of Gothenburg comprises northern and southern archipelagoes. The southern archipelago is part of Gothenburg municipality located in the province of Västergötland while the northern archipelago is Öckerö municipality, located in the province of Bohuslän.
  Trafikverket has ferries from Lilla Varholmen to the northern archipelago. Some of the islands are interconnected by bridges. Southern archipelago ferries go from Saltholmen, plus a freight ferry from Fiskebäck.
context_section_description: The southern Gothenburg archipelago lies off the coast of Gothenburg, Sweden's second-largest city. It has 5,000 permanent and another 6,000 summer residents. The archipelago is completely car free. Transportations is carried out by means of cycles, delivery mopeds, electric cars and ferries.
  In the Norse sagas, it was called Elfarsker (the river islets), as the river Göta älv had its estuary there. The islands appear to have been famous as a location for holmgangar during the Viking Age.
  Sagas where the location appears:
  Örvar-Odds saga 
  Bósa saga ok Herrauðs 
  Þorsteins saga Víkingssonar 
  One of the islands, Brännö, is described as an important location for fairs in the Laxdæla saga, and it is also considered to be the likely location of Breca and the Brondings of the Anglo-Saxon poems Widsith and Beowulf.
  Köpstadsö is often called Kössö. It is a small island with narrow footpaths. Not even mopeds are allowed here. The name of the island implies trading.
  Styrsö: during the 1830s the Öberg family established a guesthouse there. This was the start of a bathing resort, which expanded rapidly with the start of steamboats in 1867.
  Donsö is an important fishing and ship-owning community. The harbour is the center of the island. It is surrounded by 20th century fishing facilities.
  Vargö has been a nature reserve since 1986. The varied sea landscape offers a diversity of flora. It is a good place to see razorbills, woodland birds, gulls and eiders.
  Vrångö is the southernmost inhabited island with a small town centre and a hiking route round both the north and south of the island.
caption: Böttö, one of the smallest islands.
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