Stora Alvaret

Stora Alvaret is an alvar, a barren limestone terrace, in the southern half of the island of , . Stora Alvaret is a dagger shaped expanse almost 40 kilometres long and about 10 kilometres at the widest north end.
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  • Type: Plain
  • Description: alvar
  • Also known as: “Alvaren”, “Alvaret”, “Alvret”, and “Stora Alvret”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gösslunda and Mysinge.

Nature reserve
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is a nature reserve.

Nature reserve
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is a nature reserve, which is situated 3 km north of Stora Alvaret.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kastlösa and Mörbylånga.

Village
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is a locality situated in , , with 201 inhabitants in 2010. is situated 6 km southwest of Stora Alvaret.

Town
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is a locality situated on the southern part of the island of and is the seat of , , with 1,780 inhabitants in 2010. is situated 8 km west of Stora Alvaret.

Stora Alvaret

Latitude
56.5° or 56° 30′ north
Longitude
16.5° or 16° 30′ east
Elevation
29 metres (95 feet)
Open location code
9F8RGG22+22
Geo­Names ID
2673570
Wiki­data ID
Q202816
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Vietnamese—“Stora Alvaret” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Stora Alvaret”
  • Bulgarian: “Стура Алварет”
  • Cebuano: “Stora Alvaret”
  • Croatian: “Stora Alvaret”
  • Danish: “Stora Alvaret”
  • Dutch: “Stora Alvaret”
  • French: “paysage agricole du sud d’Öland”
  • French: “Stora Alvaret”
  • Georgian: “სტორა-ალვარეტი”
  • German: “Stora Alvaret”
  • Hindi: “स्टोरा अल्वारेट”
  • Hindi: “स्टोरा अल्वेट”
  • Japanese: “アルヴァール”
  • Japanese: “エーランド島南部の農業景観”
  • Lithuanian: “Didysis Alvaras”
  • Maithili: “स्टोरा अल्भारेट”
  • Malayalam: “സ്‌റ്റോറ ആൽവേർട്ട”
  • Nepali: “स्टोरा अल्भारेट”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Stora alvaret”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Stora alvaret”
  • Norwegian: “Stora alvaret”
  • Persian: “استورا آلوارت”
  • Portuguese: “Stora alvaret”
  • Portuguese: “Stora Alvaret”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Stora Alvaret”
  • Spanish: “Stora Alvaret”
  • Swedish: “Stora alvaret”
  • Turkish: “Stora Alvaret”
  • Ukrainian: “Стура-Альварет”
  • Vietnamese: “Thắng cảnh nông nghiệp ở nam Öland”

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