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.
- Tidal flat
- Description: uninhabited German island
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Latitude
53.95561° or 53° 57′ 20″ north
Longitude
8.43462° or 8° 26′ 5″ east
Open location code
9F5CXC4M+6R
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Turkish—“Scharhörn” goes by many names.
ScharhörnAfrikaans
جزر شارهورنArabic
ScharhörnCatalan
ScharhörnCzech
ScharhörnDanish
ScharhörnDutch
ScharhörnHungarian
ScharhörnItalian
シャールヘルン島Japanese
ScharhöörnLow German
ШархернMacedonian
ScharhörnNorthern Frisian
ScharhörnOccitan (post 1500)
ScharhörnPolish
ШархернRussian
ScharhörnSlovak
ScharhörnSwedish
ScharhörnTurkish
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