Stora Karlsö Lighthouse

Stora Karlsö Lighthouse, is a Swedish lighthouse on island off in the Baltic Sea. It was built in 1887 and resulted in the first permanent settlement on the island in modern times.
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  • Lighthouse
  • …lies at an elevation of 30 metres (98 feet)
  • Description: lighthouse in Gotland Municipality, Sweden
  • Also known as
    “Stora Karlsö”
    “Stora Karlsoe Lighthouse”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Karlsöarna and Stora Karlsö.
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Stora Karlsö and Lilla Karlsö are two islands and…
Stark, CC BY 2.0.
is a small Swedish island in the Baltic…
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is a cave.

Stora Karlsö Lighthouse

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Latitude
57.28964° or 57° 17′ 23″ north
Longitude
17.95887° or 17° 57′ 32″ east
Open location code
9F9V7XQ5+VG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 197677214
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­lighthouse
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­lighthouse
Geo­Names ID
2672979
Wiki­data ID
Q24641188

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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Turkish—“Stora Karlsö Lighthouse” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “স্টোরা কার্লসো বাতিঘর”
  • Bengali: “স্টোরা কার্লসো লাইটহাউস”
  • French: “phare de Stora Karlsö”
  • French: “Phare de Stora Karlsö”
  • Norwegian: “Stora Karlsö”
  • Norwegian: “Stora Karlsø”
  • Portuguese: “farol de Stora Karlsö”
  • Portuguese: “Farol de Stora Karlsö”
  • Portuguese: “Stora Karlsö”
  • Swedish: “Stora Karlsö fyr”
  • Swedish: “Stora Karlsö fyrplats”
  • Swedish: “Stora Karlsö”
  • Swedish: “Stora Karlsös fyr”
  • Turkish: “Stora Karlsö Deniz Feneri”

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