Hammer Odde Lighthouse

Hammer Odde Lighthouse is located on the northernmost point of Hammeren, just outside Sandvig on the Danish island of Bornholm. A sand and gravel ocean bank, named David Bank, is situated 5.25 miles from the lighthouse.

Photo: Hubertus, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Type: Lighthouse
Description: lighthouse in Denmark
Also known as: “Hammerodde fyr” and “Hammerodde Fyr”
Historically known as: “Hammer Point Light”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Salomons Kapel and Hammeren Lighthouse.

Salomons Kapel

Photo: Unukorno, CC BY 4.0.

Salomons Kapel is situated 1 km southwest of Hammer Odde Lighthouse.

Hammeren Lighthouse

Scenic viewpoint

Photo: Ole Palnatoke Andersen, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hammeren Lighthouse is located on the Hammeren peninsula on the northwestern tip of the Danish island of Bornholm. Hammeren Lighthouse is situated 1½ km southwest of Hammer Odde Lighthouse.

Hammersø

Lake

Photo: A.Savin, FAL.

Hammersø, or Hammer Sø, is the largest lake on the island of Bornholm and the only tarn in Denmark. It is located in a valley in Hammeren, the northernmost point of the island.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Allinge-Sandvig and Vang.

Allinge-Sandvig

Photo: Aconcagua, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Allinge-Sandvig is a city on Bornholm. These two amalgamated towns on the northern coast of the island are romantic and pretty and have hundreds of old fashioned half-timbered houses.

Vang

Hamlet

Photo: Hubertus, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Vang is a little fishing village on the northwest coast of the Danish island of Bornholm, 7 kilometres north of Hasle. From the late 19th century, it prospered as a result of its granite-quarrying activities. Vang is situated 6 km south of Hammer Odde Lighthouse.

Olsker

Hamlet

Photo: GunnarBach, Public domain.

Olsker is a small community in the north of Bornholm island, Denmark. It is situated in Olsker parish, some 3.5 km south of Allinge and 2.5 km from Tejn. Olsker is situated 7 km south of Hammer Odde Lighthouse.

Hammer Odde Lighthouse

Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Bornholm, Capital Region, Denmark, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude

55.29821° or 55° 17′ 54″ north

Longitude

14.77383° or 14° 46′ 26″ east

Elevation

4 metres (13 feet)

Inception

1895

Height

21 metres (69 feet)

Open location code

9F7P7QXF+7G

OpenStreetMap ID

way 240955009

OpenStreetMap feature

building=lighthouse

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=lighthouse

GeoNames ID

12077023

Wikidata ID

Q2855206

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Bavarian to Swedish—“Hammer Odde Lighthouse” goes by many names.

Bavarian: “Hammer Odde Fyr”
Danish: “Hammerodde Fyr”
Dutch: “Hammerodde Fyr”
French: “Hammer Odde Fyr”
French: “Hammer Odde”
French: “phare de Hammer Odde”
French: “Phare de Hammer Odde”
German: “Hammer Odde Fyr”
German: “Hammerodde Fyr”
German: “Leuchtturm´Hammerodde”
Indonesian: “Hammer Odde Fyr”
Norwegian Bokmål: “Hammer Odde Fyr”
Spanish: “Faro de Odde Hammer”
Spanish: “Hammer Odde Fyr”
Swedish: “Hammeren”
Swedish: “Hammerodde fyr”

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