Gronskar Light
Grönskär is a Swedish island and lighthouse station located in the south Stockholm archipelago, east of Sandhamn. The island is rocky and the nature sparse.- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Värmdö Municipality, Baltic coast, Sweden
- Also known as: “Groenskaers Fyr”, “Grönskär”, “Grönskär lighthouse”, “Grönskärs fyr”, and “Grönskärs Fyr”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Grönskär and Sandhamns Stångskär lighthouse.
Grönskär
Islet
Photo: ArildV, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Grönskär is a Swedish island and lighthouse station located in the south Stockholm archipelago, east of Sandhamn. The island is rocky and the nature sparse.
Sandhamns Stångskär lighthouse
Lighthouse
Sandhamns Stångskär lighthouse is situated 1½ km west of Gronskar Light.
Revenge Reef lighthouse
Lighthouse
Revenge Reef lighthouse is situated 3 km south of Gronskar Light.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sandhamn.
Sandhamn
Village
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sandhamn is a small settlement in the central-peripheral part of the Stockholm Archipelago at the 59th parallel north in central-eastern Sweden. approximately 50 km east of Stockholm. Sandhamn is situated 6 km west of Gronskar Light.
Gronskar Light
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Djurö socken, Djurö, Möja och Nämdö, Värmdö Municipality, Stockholm County, Svealand, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
59.27802° or 59° 16′ 41″ northLongitude
19.02441° or 19° 1′ 28″ eastOpen location code
9FFX72HF+6QOpenStreetMap ID
node 799793198OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseGeoNames ID
13284796Wikidata ID
Q5612869
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Satellite Map
Discover Gronskar Light from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Gronskar Light” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Grönskär”
- French: “phare de Grönskär”
- French: “Phare de Grönskär”
- Portuguese: “farol de Grönskär”
- Portuguese: “Farol de Grönskär”
- Swedish: “Grönskär”
- Swedish: “Grönskärs fyr”
- Swedish: “Grönskärs fyrplats”
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