Scharhörn
Scharhörn is an uninhabited island in the North Sea belonging to the city of Hamburg, Germany. The once most important daymark on the North Sea coast, the Scharhörnbake, was maintained here by the City of Hamburg from 1440 to 1979.
- Type: Tidal flat
- Description: uninhabited German island
- Also known as: “Schaarhörn” and “Scharhorn”
Scharhörn
- Categories: uninhabited island and landform
- Location: Hamburg, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
53.95561° or 53° 57′ 20″ north
Longitude
8.43462° or 8° 26′ 5″ east
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
9F5CXC4M+6R
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Swedish—“Scharhörn” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Scharhörn”
- Arabic: “جزر شارهورن”
- Catalan: “Scharhörn”
- Czech: “Scharhörn”
- Danish: “Scharhörn”
- Dutch: “Scharhörn”
- French: “Scharhörn”
- German: “Scharhörn”
- Hungarian: “Scharhörn”
- Italian: “Scharhörn”
- Japanese: “シャールヘルン島”
- Low German: “Scharhöörn”
- Macedonian: “Шархерн”
- Northern Frisian: “Scharhörn”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Scharhörn”
- Polish: “Scharhörn”
- Russian: “Шархерн”
- Slovak: “Scharhörn”
- Spanish: “Scharhörn”
- Swedish: “Scharhörn”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Neuwerk and Duhnen.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Nigehörn and Nationalpark Hamburgisches Wattenmeer.
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Worth a closer look: Altona-St. Pauli and Neustadt-Altstadt.
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