Ursholmen
Ursholmen is a Swedish island and lighthouse located west of Strömstad town. It is the westernmost lighthouse in Sweden.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: double lighthouse in Strömstad Municipality, west coast, Sweden
- Also known as: “Ursholmen light station”, “Ursholmen twin lighthouses”, and “Ursholmens dubbelfyr”
Ursholmen
- Categories: light station, twin towers, building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Västra Götaland County, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
58.8325° or 58° 49′ 57″ north
Longitude
10.99018° or 10° 59′ 25″ east
Inception
1891
Open location code
9FCGRXJR+X3
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
building=lighthouse
OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouse
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Ursholmen” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Ursholmen (kapuloan sa Suwesya)”
- Cebuano: “Ursholmen”
- French: “phare d’Ursholmen”
- French: “Phare d’Ursholmen”
- German: “Leuchtturm Ursholmen”
- German: “Ursholmen fyr”
- German: “Ursholmen”
- Swedish: “Ursholmen”
- Swedish: “Ursholmens dubbelfyr”
- Swedish: “Ursholmens fyrar”
- Swedish: “Ursholmens fyrplats”
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