Sandskär

Sandskär is an island in the northeast of the Swedish sector of the Bay of Bothnia. Once used as a base for fishing and sealing, it is now part of a national park.
Wikipedia
  • Island
  • …lies at an elevation of 9 metres (30 feet)
  • Description: island in the Haparanda archipelago, Sweden
  • Also known as
    “Sandsk”
    “Sandskäret”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kapell.
Birgitta Olsson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a chapel.

Sandskär

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Latitude
65.57395° or 65° 34′ 26″ north
Longitude
23.74873° or 23° 44′ 55″ east
Open location code
9GQ5HPFX+HF
Geo­Names ID
603100
Wiki­data ID
Q10517573

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Sandskär” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Sandskär (pulo sa Suwesya, Norrbotten, lat 65,57, long 23,75)”
  • Cebuano: “Sandskär”
  • Dutch: “Sandskar (Haparanda)”
  • Dutch: “Sandskär”
  • Finnish: “Sanskeri”
  • Swedish: “Haparanda Sandskär”

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