Stora Bornö is an island in

Gullmarn Gullmarn, also known as Gullmarsfjorden or Gullmaren, is a threshold fjord in the middle of Bohuslän Archipelago on the west coast of Sweden. It is the largest of the Bohuslän fjords with a length of and a width ranging from . At its mouth, ...

fjord, belonging to the Lysekil Municipality. Stora Bornö is about long from north to south and is largely covered with

pine A pine is any conifer tree or shrub in the genus ''Pinus'' () of the family (biology), family Pinaceae. ''Pinus'' is the sole genus in the subfamily Pinoideae. The World Flora Online created by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanic ...

forests. The island's highest point is above sea level and in many places the shoreline consists of vertical cliffs.

Bornö Marine Research Station Bornö Marine Research Station, owned by the Bornö Institute for Ocean and Climate Studies, is located at Holma on the island Stora Bornö in Gullmarsfjorden, about north of Gothenburg, Sweden. It was built in 1902 by and , both pioneers of Sw ...

is an oceanographic research facility on the island, built in 1902 by Otto Pettersson and .

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Islands of Västra Götaland County {{Sweden-geo-stub