Oland
Oland is a small Hallig of the North Frisian Islands which is connected by a narrow-gauge railway to the mainland and to Hallig Langeneß. In 2019, the population was estimated, unofficially, to be 16 people. Germany's smallest lighthouse is located here, being also the only one with a thatched roof.Places of Interest
Highlights include Oland Lighthouse and Kirche St. Petri auf Oland.
Oland Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Oland Lighthouse is Germany's smallest lighthouse, being only 7.4 metres tall. It is located on the small Hallig of Oland. It serves as a cross light for the Föhrer Ley and Dagebüll channels.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wyk auf Föhr.
Wyk auf Föhr
Town
Wyk auf Föhr is the only town on Föhr, the second largest of the North Frisian Islands on the German coast of the North Sea. Like the entire island it belongs to the district of Nordfriesland. Wyk auf Föhr is situated 9 km west of Oland.
Oland
- Type: Island
- Description: small North Frisian hallig
- Categories: hallig, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
54.68188° or 54° 40′ 55″ north
Longitude
8.70148° or 8° 42′ 5″ east
Population
16
Open location code
9F6CMPJ2+QH
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 Catalan to Western Frisian—“Oland” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Oland”
- Cebuano: “Oland”
- Czech: “Oland”
- Danish: “Øland”
- Dutch: “Oland (Duits waddeneiland)”
- Dutch: “Oland”
- Esperanto: “Oland”
- French: “Oland”
- German: “Hallig Oland”
- German: “Oland”
- Macedonian: “Оланд”
- Northern Frisian: “Ual Lön”
- Northern Frisian: “Uallöön”
- Northern Frisian: “Ualöönist”
- Northern Frisian: “Ualun”
- Northern Frisian: “Uulönj”
- Northern Frisian: “Üülönj”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Oland”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Øland”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Øland”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Oland”
- Russian: “Оланд”
- Slovenian: “Oland”
- Spanish: “Oland”
- Swedish: “Oland”
- Western Frisian: “Olân”
- “Oland”
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