Hallands Väderö is a Swedish island located in the northwest corner of the Scania province, but it is named after the province above; Halland. Since 1958 it has been a nature reserve due to its valuable ecologic life with an old beech-forest, unusual fungi and large bird populations.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Torekov.

Torekov

Village

Photo: Dcastor, CC0.

Torekov is a locality situated in Båstad Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 863 inhabitants in 2010. It is still a fishing village but it is today known as a summer resort. Torekov is situated 6 km southeast of Kråkan.

Kråkan

Type: Islet
Also known as: “Krakan”
Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
Location: Scania, Götaland, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude

56.45788° or 56° 27′ 28″ north

Longitude

12.55176° or 12° 33′ 6″ east

Open location code

9F8JFH52+5P

OpenStreetMap ID

way 987022541

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=coastline

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

GeoNames ID

2699482

Wikidata ID

Q32270229

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Kråkan” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Kråkan”

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Localities in the Area

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