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 3 km south of Brändholm.

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.

Brändholm

Type: Islet
Also known as: “Braendholm”
Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
Location: Föglö, Archipelago, Åland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude

60.05671° or 60° 3′ 24″ north

Longitude

20.39741° or 20° 23′ 51″ east

Open location code

9GG2394W+MX

OpenStreetMap ID

way 25811518

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=coastline

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

GeoNames ID

846350

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