Samsø

Samsø is an island in central , between the big island of and the mainland peninsula.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Bisgaard Runddysse and Nils Halses Høj.

Archaeological site
Photo: HelgeRieder, CC0.
is an archaeological site.

Archaeological site
Photo: HelgeRieder, CC0.
is an archaeological site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Onsbjerg and Besser.

Village
is a village on the island of Samsø in . It is located in Samsø Municipality…

Hamlet
is a hamlet.

Village
is a town, situated at the south central part of the island of Samsø in . It is the largest town on Samsø and also the municipal seat of Samsø Municipality.

Samsø

Latitude
55.8667° or 55° 52′ north
Longitude
10.6167° or 10° 37′ east
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
9F7GVJ88+MM
Geo­Names ID
2614280
Wiki­data ID
Q216422
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Samsø” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: شامسو
  • Armenian: Սամսյո
  • Asturian: Samsø
  • Azerbaijani: Samsyo adası
  • Basque: Samsø
  • Catalan: Samso
  • Catalan: Samsø
  • Catalan: Samsoe
  • Cebuano: Samsø
  • Chinese: Samso
  • Chinese: Samsø
  • Chinese: 山姆索島
  • Chinese: 珊索
  • Chinese: 珊索岛
  • Chinese: 珊索島
  • Chinese: 萨姆索岛
  • Chinese: 薩姆斯島
  • Chinese: 薩姆索島
  • Croatian: Samsø
  • Czech: Samsø
  • Danish: Samsø
  • Dutch: Samso
  • Dutch: Samsø
  • Esperanto: Samso
  • Esperanto: Samsø
  • Esperanto: Samsoe
  • Estonian: Samsø
  • Finnish: Samso
  • Finnish: Samsö
  • Finnish: Samsø
  • French: Samso
  • French: Samsø
  • French: Samsoe
  • Georgian: სამსე
  • German: Samsö
  • German: Samsø
  • Greek: Σάμσε
  • Greek: Σάμσο
  • Hebrew: סמסו
  • Hungarian: Samsø
  • Icelandic: Sámsey
  • Icelandic: Samsø
  • Italian: Samsø
  • Italian: Samsoe
  • Japanese: Samsø
  • Japanese: サムス島
  • Japanese: サムセー島
  • Japanese: サムソー島
  • Japanese: サムソ島
  • Korean: 삼쇠섬
  • Latvian: Samse
  • Lithuanian: Samsė
  • Lombard: Samsø
  • Low German: Samsø
  • Northern Frisian: Samsø
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Samsø
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Samsøy
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Samsø
  • Norwegian: Samsø
  • Persian: سامسو
  • Polish: Samso
  • Polish: Samsø
  • Portuguese: Samso
  • Portuguese: Samsø
  • Russian: Самсе
  • Russian: Самсё
  • Slovenian: Samsø
  • Spanish: Samso
  • Spanish: Samsø
  • Swedish: Samsö
  • Swedish: Samsø
  • Thai: แซมเซอ
  • Ukrainian: Самсе
  • Urdu: سامسو
  • Vietnamese: Samso
  • Vietnamese: Samsø
  • Vietnamese: Samsoe

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