Hornsjön
Hornsjön, also known as Hornsviken, is the largest lake on the island of Öland, Sweden. Located in Högby socken near Löttorp, it has a surface area of around two square kilometres and a maximum depth of four metres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Borgholm Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden
- Also known as: “Hornsjon”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Byrums raukar.
Byrums raukar
Nature reserve
Photo: Adville, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Byrums raukar are a geological formation of a group of rauks on the western shore in the north of Öland, Sweden near the village of Byrum. The group consists of about 120 limestone stacks, rich in fossils, of up to 4 m high on a 600 m stretch of beach. Byrums raukar is situated 3 km north of Hornsjön.
Hornsjön
- Categories: lake water body and body of water
- Location: Kalmar County, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Swedish—“Hornsjön” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Hornssjön”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره هورنسچون”
- French: “Hornsviken”
- German: “Hornssjön”
- German: “Hornsviken”
- Norwegian: “Hornsjön”
- Norwegian: “Hornsjøn”
- Swedish: “Hornssjön”
- Swedish: “Hornsviken”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Raukar and Hornsudde.
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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 “Hornsjön”. Photo: Nasko, CC BY-SA 4.0.