Walfisch
Walfisch is an uninhabited German island, in the Bay of Mecklenburg in the Baltic Sea. It lies approximately 4.5 kilometres north of the city of Wismar, south of the island of Poel.- Type: Island
- Description: island in Wismar Bay in Germany
- Also known as: “whale island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Insel Walfisch and Betonschiff von Redentin.
Betonschiff von Redentin
Disaster remains
Ahrendsberg
Islet
Ahrendsberg is an uninhabited island, 8.6 hectares in area, near the island of Poel in the Breitling, a strait off the Bay of Wismar on the Baltic coast of Germany.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zierow and Gägelow.
Zierow
Village
Zierow is a municipality in the Nordwestmecklenburg district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
Gägelow
Village
Gägelow is a municipality in the Nordwestmecklenburg district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
Walfisch
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.94043° or 53° 56′ 26″ north
Longitude
11.42646° or 11° 25′ 35″ east
Elevation
-1 metres (-3 feet)
Open location code
9F5HWCRG+5H
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Walfisch” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة ويلفيش”
- Cebuano: “Walfisch”
- Dutch: “Walfisch”
- French: “Walfisch”
- German: “Insel Walfisch”
- German: “Walfisch”
- Hebrew: “ולפיש”
- Lithuanian: “Valfišas”
- Macedonian: “Валфиш”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Walfisch”
- Spanish: “Walfisch”
- Swedish: “Hvalfisken”
- Swedish: “Valfisken”
- “Walfisch”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Minigolfanlage Seebad Wendorf and Spielplatz Seeblick.
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