Snäckstagrundet

Snäckstagrundet is a reef in Kalmar County, Sweden. Snäckstagrundet is situated nearby to the locality Talludden, as well as near the village Färjestaden.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Öland bridge and Öland Zoo and Amusement Park.

Öland bridge

Bridge

Photo: Bernt Fransson, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Öland bridge is a road bridge in Sweden that spans the Kalmar Strait, between Jutnabben in Kalmar on the mainland and Möllstorp in Algutsrum parish near Färjestaden on Öland in the Baltic Sea.

The Öland Zoo and Amusement Park is a zoo and an amusement park one kilometer north of Färjestaden in Sweden. Short after the Öland Bridge was inaugurated on 30 September 1972, the founder of the zoo, Boris Bravin bought an old farm close to the bridge where he, assisted by the architect Sören Rasmussen established a zoo. Öland Zoo and Amusement Park is situated 2½ km east of Snäckstagrundet.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Färjestaden and Algutsrum.

Färjestaden

Village

Photo: Bernt Fransson, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Färjestaden is a locality situated in Mörbylånga Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 5,018 inhabitants in 2010. It is located in the southern part of the island of Öland, on the Kalmar Strait side, south of Borgholm.

Algutsrum

Village

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Algutsrum is a locality situated in Mörbylånga Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 532 inhabitants in 2010. Algutsrum Hundred was a hundred of Öland in Sweden. Algutsrum is situated 5 km east of Snäckstagrundet.

Kalmar

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Kalmar is a city in the Småland province in southeastern Sweden, on the coast of the Baltic sea. Kalmar is one of the oldest Swedish cities, and traces of settlements from the Iron Age have been found.

Snäckstagrundet

Type: Reef
Also known as: “Snackstagrundet”
Category: landform
Location: Kalmar County, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude

56.66667° or 56° 40′ north

Longitude

16.45° or 16° 27′ east

Open location code

9F8RMC8X+MX

GeoNames ID

3330571

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Localities in the Area

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