Högskär
Högskär is an island in Södermanland County, Svealand. Högskär is situated nearby to the suburb Stenvik, as well as near the hamlet Brannäs.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Femöre battery and Femörehuvud lighthouse.
Femöre battery
Museum
Photo: TommyG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Femöre battery is a facility previously operated by the Swedish Coastal Artillery arm of Swedish Armed Forces. Also known as "Battery OD", it is located only a short trip south-east of Oxelösund on the Swedish east coast, and is blasted into the rock on the Femöre peninsula. Femöre battery is situated 3½ km west of Högskär.
Femörehuvud lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Sören T Eriksson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Femörehuvud lighthouse is situated 3½ km west of Högskär.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oxelösund and Stjärnholm.
Oxelösund
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Oxelösund is a town in Södermanland, at Sweden's coast to the Baltic Sea. Here there is, among other things, a church that looks like a lighthouse, a secret underground fort from the days of the Cold War, a sculpture park on the theme of faith and old archipelago settlements dating back to the 17th century.
Högskär
- Type: Island
- Also known as: “Hogskar”
- Category: landform
- Location: Södermanland County, Svealand, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
58.65° or 58° 39′ northLongitude
17.16667° or 17° 10′ eastOpen location code
9FCVM528+2MGeoNames ID
3327645
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