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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: island in the Haparanda archipelago, Sweden
- Also known as: “Sandsk”, “Sandskar”, and “Sandskäret”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kapell.
Sandskär
- Categories: natural landscape and landform
- Location: Nedertorneå socken, Nedertorneå-Haparanda, Haparanda Municipality, Norrbotten County, Norrland, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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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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