Örskär

Örskär, is a and lighthouse station located north of on the coastline. A large part of the island is a and it is rich of unusual flowers such as wild orchids.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: nature reserve in Östhammar Municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden
  • Also known as: Orskar

Places of Interest

Highlights include Örskär lighthouse.

Lighthouse

Örskär

Latitude
60.51667° or 60° 31′ north
Longitude
18.38333° or 18° 23′ east
Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)
Open location code
9FGWG98M+M8
Geo­Names ID
2686313
Wiki­data ID
Q8079027
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Örskär” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Örskär (pulo sa Suwesya, Uppsala)
  • Cebuano: Örskär
  • Danish: Örskär
  • Dutch: Örskär
  • Egyptian Arabic: اورسكار
  • Finnish: Örskär
  • French: Örskär
  • German: Örskär
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Örskär
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Örskär
  • Polish: Örskär
  • Portuguese: Örskär
  • Romanian: Örskär
  • Spanish: Örskär
  • Swedish: Fyrtäppan 1:1, Norrboda 25:1
  • Swedish: Örskär

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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 Wikipedia page “Örskär”. Photo: Pandorask, CC BY-SA 3.0.