Fanø
Fanø is the northernmost island in the Wadden Sea National Park at the west coast of South Jutland in Denmark. The main attraction here is the white sand beach, which is also a popular playground for different types of sports, such as kite flying, surfing and buggies.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Nordby Church.
Nordby Church
Church
Photo: Wolfgang Pehlemann, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
Nordby Church is situated 3 km north of Fanø.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nordby and Esbjerg.
Nordby
Village
Photo: Hubertus45, CC BY 2.5.
Nordby is a Danish town, seat of the Fanø Municipality, in the Region of Southern Denmark. The population was 2,629 as of 1 January 2025. Nordby is situated 3½ km north of Fanø.
Esbjerg
Photo: Taxiarchos228, FAL.
Esbjerg is a city in Southwestern Jutland. The town was once Denmark's biggest fishing harbour, and the harbour is still an economic driving force in the town.
Sønderho
Village
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Sønderho is a small village, with a population of 279, at the southern tip of the island Fanø, in southwestern Denmark. The village dates back to the 16th century and has about 300 well-preserved buildings that stem mainly from the 19th century when Sønderho was the leading navigation area on the Jutlandic west coast. Sønderho is situated 8 km southeast of Fanø.
Fanø
- Type: Island
- Also known as: “Fano”, “Fanoog”, and “凡岛”
- Category: landform
- Location: Fanø, Region of Southern Denmark, Denmark, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
55.41417° or 55° 24′ 51″ northLongitude
8.41022° or 8° 24′ 37″ eastElevation
6 metres (20 feet)Open location code
9F7CCC76+M3GeoNames ID
2622340
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Satellite Map
Discover Fanø from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Asturian to Western Frisian—“Fanø” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Fanø”
- Catalan: “Fanø”
- Cebuano: “Fanø”
- Chinese: “凡島”
- Croatian: “Fanø”
- Danish: “Fanø”
- Dutch: “Fanø”
- French: “Fanø”
- Georgian: “ფანე”
- German: “Fanø”
- Greek: “Φάνε”
- Hungarian: “Fanø”
- Indonesian: “Fanø”
- Italian: “Fanø”
- Japanese: “ファノ島”
- Korean: “파뇌섬”
- Lithuanian: “Fanė”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Fanø Chū-tī-chhī”
- Northern Frisian: “Fanø”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fanø”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fanø”
- Norwegian: “Fanø kommune”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Fanø”
- Polish: “Fanø”
- Portuguese: “Fanø”
- Russian: “Фанё”
- Spanish: “Fanø”
- Swedish: “Fanø”
- Thai: “ฟาเนอ”
- Ukrainian: “Фаньо”
- Vietnamese: “Fanø”
- Western Frisian: “Faaneach”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Fanø”. Photo: Ragnar1904, CC BY-SA 4.0.