Heligoland

Heligoland is an island in , . Heligoland is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .
Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Island
  • Description: German island
  • Also known as: “Deät Lun”, “Hauptinsel”, and “Helgoland Insel”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Heligoland Lighthouse and Paracelsus-Nordseeklinik Helgoland.

Lighthouse
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
is located on Germany's only offshore island, . Constructed during World War II as an anti-aircraft tower, it was turned into a lighthouse in 1952.

Hospital
Photo: Timo Kamph, CC BY 2.0.
is a hospital.

Church
Photo: Hajotthu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Heligoland Oberland and Heligoland.

Suburb
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
is a suburb.

Photo: Danapit, CC BY-SA 2.5.
is a small 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.

Heligoland

Latitude
54.18005° or 54° 10′ 48″ north
Longitude
7.8825° or 7° 52′ 57″ east
Elevation
41 metres (135 feet)
Open location code
9F695VJM+22
Open­Street­Map ID
way 278264186
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
2906947
Wiki­data ID
Q3129772
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Satellite Map

Discover Heligoland from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Heligoland” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Hauptinsel”
  • Afrikaans: “Helgoland”
  • Arabic: “هليغولاند”
  • Azerbaijani: “Heliqoland”
  • Belarusian: “Гельгаланд”
  • Bulgarian: “Хелголанд”
  • Catalan: “Helgoland”
  • Catalan: “Heligoland”
  • Cebuano: “Helgoland (pulo)”
  • Cebuano: “Helgoland”
  • Chinese: “海姑蘭島”
  • Chinese: “黑尔戈兰岛”
  • Czech: “Helgoland (ostrov)”
  • Czech: “Helgoland”
  • Danish: “Helgoland”
  • Dutch: “Hauptinsel”
  • Dutch: “Helgoland”
  • Esperanto: “Helgoland”
  • Estonian: “Helgoland”
  • French: “Heligoland”
  • Georgian: “ჰელგოლანდი”
  • German: “Hauptinsel”
  • 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 Bokmål: “Helgoland”
  • Norwegian: “Helgoland”
  • Ossetian: “Хельголанд”
  • Persian: “هلیگولند”
  • Polish: “Helgoland”
  • Portuguese: “Helgoland”
  • Portuguese: “Heligolândia”
  • 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”
  • Wu Chinese: “黑尔戈兰岛”
  • Yiddish: “העלגאלאנד”
  • Yue Chinese: “海姑蘭島”
  • “Helgoland”

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