Gloskär
Gloskär is an islet in Föglö, Archipelago. Gloskär is situated nearby to the hamlet Skogboda, as well as near Sanda.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Föglö and Degerby.
Föglö
Föglö is a large archipelago municipality in Åland. It is one of the oldest known place names from the area of present-day Finland, and the island group served as the centre of the Åland archipelago for centuries.
Degerby
Village
Photo: Håkan Skogsjö, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Degerby is a village and the administrative center of the municipality of Föglö, Åland. The village was the center of the Åland archipelago until the founding of Mariehamn in 1861 and was the largest village in terms of population until the 1920s. Degerby is situated 8 km northwest of Gloskär.
Gloskär
- Type: Islet
- Also known as: “Gloskaer”
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Föglö, Archipelago, Åland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.9831° or 59° 58′ 59″ northLongitude
20.51221° or 20° 30′ 44″ eastElevation
11 metres (36 feet)Open location code
9GF2XGM6+6VOpenStreetMap ID
way 739168872OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
846154Wikidata ID
Q32258848
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Gloskär” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Gloskär”
- Swedish: “Gloskär, Föglö”
- Swedish: “Gloskär”
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Localities in the Area
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