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 9 km southwest of Glosholm.

Föglö

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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.

Sottunga

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Sottunga is an island municipality of Åland, an autonomous territory of Finland. The municipality is the smallest when it comes to population in Åland and in Finland, with a population of only 103 and covers an area of 342.44 square kilometres of which 314.41 km2 is water.

Glosholm

Type: Cape
Category: landform
Location: Föglö, Archipelago, Åland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude

60.07342° or 60° 4′ 24″ north

Longitude

20.53217° or 20° 31′ 56″ east

Open location code

9GG23GFJ+9V

GeoNames ID

846321

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