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Detailed map of Gotland Topographic map of Gotland The marine areas around Gotland, which lies between the numerals 7 and 8, which, along with No. 9, form the Gotland Basin. Gotland is Sweden's largest island, and it is the largest island fully encompassed by the Baltic Sea (with Denmark's Zealand at the Baltic's edge).
English: Location map of Gotland in Sweden with complete Sweden in upper left corner. N-S stretching is 187%, geographic limits of the map: N: 58.45° N; S: 56.80° N;
Visby (Swedish: [ˈvǐːsbʏ] ⓘ) is an urban area in Sweden and the seat of Gotland Municipality in Gotland County on the island of Gotland with 24,330 inhabitants as of 2017. [2] Visby is also the episcopal see for the Diocese of Visby.
This is a list of islands of Sweden.According to 2013 statistics report there are in total 267,570 islands in Sweden, fewer than 1000 of which are inhabited. [1] Their total area is 1.2 million hectares, which corresponds to 3 percent of the total land area of Sweden.
Slite is situated on the northern east coast of Gotland. The town is divided by the Sjuströmmar inlet, connecting Bogevik bay with the Baltic Sea. [3] The north, and main part, of the town is situated in Othem socken and the part south of Sjuströmmar is in Boge socken.
Fårösund is a locality situated on the Swedish island of Gotland with 800 inhabitants in 2014. [2] The village can be reached by car from Visby. The island of Fårö can be reached by ferry from Fårösund. [3] Fårösund is the northernmost town in the municipality of Gotland in Gotland County, about 56 km (35 mi) north of Visby. Fårösund ...
Gotland County (Swedish: Gotlands län) is a county or län of Sweden. Gotland is located in the Baltic Sea to the east of Öland , and is the largest of Sweden's islands . Counties are usually sub-divided into municipalities, but Gotland County consists of only one county council , which also serves as a municipality, Region Gotland .
Despite its isolation from sizeable landmasses, Gotska Sandön's oceanic climate is warm for its latitude. The Scandinavian Peninsula to the west, Gotland to the south and the Baltic landmass to the east contribute to warmer summers and frequent winter frost, giving the island a far broader temperature range than, for example, the similarly isolated Fair Isle, which lies one degree further ...