East Norway
Østfold
Hvaler

Lauer

Lauer is a small island in the municipality in South-East . The Hvaler islands are located in the , not far from the border with .
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Norway
  • Also known as: “Lauer, Norway”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Homlungen Lighthouse and Tisler.

Lighthouse
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a fully automated leading lighthouse situated on a skerry in the archipelago municipality of , . The lighthouse and surrounding buildings, which include residences, outhouse, a well, and engine house are proposed protected as a national park.

Island
is a small island in southeast . The name of the island comes from the Norse word for thistle, þistill, or tistel in Norwegian, coming from the round shape of the thistle's pericarp.

Church
Photo: Siri J, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Skjærhalden and Korshavn.

Village
Photo: Danica, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is the administrative centre of municipality, . It is located on the island , location of the Ytre Hvaler National Park center. Its population is 642.

Hamlet
is a fishing village in , , . is situated 8 km north of Lauer.

Lauer

Latitude
59.00432° or 59° 0′ 16″ north
Longitude
11.00764° or 11° 0′ 28″ east
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
Open location code
9FFH2235+P3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 295778834
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
9063814
Wiki­data ID
Q3436920
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Satellite Map

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

From Cebuano to Turkish—“Lauer” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Lauer”
  • Dutch: “Lauer”
  • French: “Lauer”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lauer”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lauer”
  • Norwegian: “Lauer,nordre”
  • Norwegian: “Lauer”
  • Norwegian: “Nord-Lauer”
  • Norwegian: “Nordre Lauer”
  • Swedish: “Lauer”
  • Turkish: “Lauer”

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Highlights include Stråseskjær and Olas holme.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Lauer”. Photo: Colliekar, CC BY-SA 4.0.