Heligoland
Heligoland is a small German archipelago in the North Sea. It's a somewhat popular destination for one-day ship cruises. A feature of the island is almost total absence of car traffic, which makes it a safe and quiet location, and a hotspot for birdwatching.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Heligoland Lighthouse and St. Nicolai.
Heligoland Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Heligoland Lighthouse is located on Germany's only offshore island, Heligoland. Constructed during World War II as an anti-aircraft tower, it was turned into a lighthouse in 1952.
Stolperstein dedicated to Georg Eduard Braun
Memorial
Photo: Emma7stern, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stolperstein dedicated to Georg Eduard Braun is a memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Heligoland Oberland.
Heligoland
- Type: Island
- Also known as: “Helgoland Insel”
- Category: landform
- Location: Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.18213° or 54° 10′ 56″ northLongitude
7.88458° or 7° 53′ 5″ eastElevation
41 metres (135 feet)Open location code
9F695VJM+VRGeoNames ID
2906947
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Satellite Map
Discover Heligoland from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yiddish—“Heligoland” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Helgoland”
- Arabic: “هليغولاند”
- Azerbaijani: “Heliqoland”
- Belarusian: “Гельгаланд”
- Bulgarian: “Хелголанд”
- Catalan: “Heligoland”
- Chinese: “黑尔戈兰岛”
- Danish: “Helgoland”
- Dutch: “Helgoland”
- Esperanto: “Helgoland”
- Estonian: “Helgoland”
- French: “Heligoland”
- Georgian: “ჰელგოლანდი”
- German: “Helgoland”
- Greek: “Χέλγκολαντ”
- Hebrew: “הלגולנד”
- Hindi: “हेल्गोलैंड”
- Japanese: “ヘルゴラント島”
- Kazakh: “Гельголанд”
- Korean: “헬골란트 섬”
- Latin: “Heiligland”
- Latin: “Terra Sacra”
- Latvian: “Helgolande”
- Lithuanian: “Helgolandas”
- Low German: “Helgoland”
- Macedonian: “Хелголанд”
- Northern Frisian: “Halaglun”
- Northern Frisian: “Lun”
- Norwegian: “Helgoland”
- Ossetian: “Хельголанд”
- Persian: “هلیگولند”
- Polish: “Helgoland”
- Portuguese: “Helgoland”
- Russian: “Гельголанд”
- Saterfriesisch: “Hälgelound”
- Serbian: “Хелголанд”
- Spanish: “Heligoland”
- Swahili: “Helgoland”
- Swedish: “Helgoland”
- Thai: “เฮลโกลันด์”
- Ukrainian: “Гельґоланд”
- Western Frisian: “Helgolân”
- Western Frisian: “Hilgolân”
- Western Panjabi: “ہیلگولینڈ”
- Yiddish: “העלגאלאנד”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Südstrand and Sudhaven.
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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 Wikivoyage page “Heligoland”. Photo: Danapit, CC BY-SA 2.5.