ground for waterfowl, Lågskär has the status of an Important Bird Area (IBA) and is frequented by ornithologists who use the Lågskär Lighthouse buildings...
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Lågskär Lighthouse is an automated lighthouse located on the north side of Lågskär, one of Finland's Åland in the Sea of Åland of the Baltic. It is the...
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northern Åland Sea basin. In the south, there is the smaller Lågskär Deep, also called the Lågskär Basin or the southern Åland Sea basin. The narrowest part...
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surpass 550 millimetres (22 in). List of divided islands Kataja Bogskär and Lågskär, other detached Finnish islands Utö, Finland Nuorgam Fort Blunder, an American...
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Olof's Chapel in Lemland. The Lemström Canal. The Rödhamn Harbour. The Lågskär Lighthouse. The observation tower of Herrö. Lemland has a humid continental...
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and Kitee 1,227 3,030 Bird-Lakes of Rantasalmi 1,109 2,740 Björkör and Lågskär Archipelago 6,309 15,590 Kainuunkylä Islands 1,005 2,480 Kauhaneva–Pohjankangas...
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Ulrika Bengts. It tells story of a stern lighthouse chief living on the Lågskär Island, who takes a 13-year-old boy who grew up in a approved school as...
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rocky islet in Finland. It is located in the Åland Sea to the southwest of Lågskär. Depths near Flötjan measure approximately 180 metres (590 ft). The original...
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Archipelago Sea and the Sea of Åland Bengtskär Flötjan Gustaf Dalén Kökarsören Lågskär Marhällan Märket Nyhamn Sälskär Utö Bothnian Sea Isokari Kaijakari Kallo...
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Archipelago Sea and the Sea of Åland Bengtskär Flötjan Gustaf Dalén Kökarsören Lågskär Marhällan Märket Nyhamn Sälskär Utö Bothnian Sea Isokari Kaijakari Kallo...
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of British and Russian navies. Some time in 1915 the Russians destroyed Lågskär lighthouse to prevent the Germans from using it as a landmark. In 1915-16...
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Archipelago Sea and the Sea of Åland Bengtskär Flötjan Gustaf Dalén Kökarsören Lågskär Marhällan Märket Nyhamn Sälskär Utö Bothnian Sea Isokari Kaijakari Kallo...
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native sea-birds were protected, and their eggs used as food. The islets of Lågskär and Signilskär were the traditional home to colonies of eider-duck, whose...
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Archipelago Sea and the Sea of Åland Bengtskär Flötjan Gustaf Dalén Kökarsören Lågskär Marhällan Märket Nyhamn Sälskär Utö Bothnian Sea Isokari Kaijakari Kallo...
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October 1942 she torpedoed and sank the Soviet S-class submarine S-7, near Lågskär in the Sea of Åland. The captain (Sergei Lisin) and three of the crew of...
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Archipelago Sea and the Sea of Åland Bengtskär Flötjan Gustaf Dalén Kökarsören Lågskär Marhällan Märket Nyhamn Sälskär Utö Bothnian Sea Isokari Kaijakari Kallo...
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Archipelago Sea and the Sea of Åland Bengtskär Flötjan Gustaf Dalén Kökarsören Lågskär Marhällan Märket Nyhamn Sälskär Utö Bothnian Sea Isokari Kaijakari Kallo...
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Archipelago Sea and the Sea of Åland Bengtskär Flötjan Gustaf Dalén Kökarsören Lågskär Marhällan Märket Nyhamn Sälskär Utö Bothnian Sea Isokari Kaijakari Kallo...
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Archipelago Sea and the Sea of Åland Bengtskär Flötjan Gustaf Dalén Kökarsören Lågskär Marhällan Märket Nyhamn Sälskär Utö Bothnian Sea Isokari Kaijakari Kallo...
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However, she encountered heavy fog while en route and ran aground on Lagskär Island at 07:30. Two men were killed in the incident and the ship was badly...
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1928 Ship State Description Balder Finland The schooner was wrecked at Lagskar with the loss of four crew. Excelsior United Kingdom The Thames barge...
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Archipelago Sea and the Sea of Åland Bengtskär Flötjan Gustaf Dalén Kökarsören Lågskär Marhällan Märket Nyhamn Sälskär Utö Bothnian Sea Isokari Kaijakari Kallo...
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Archipelago Sea and the Sea of Åland Bengtskär Flötjan Gustaf Dalén Kökarsören Lågskär Marhällan Märket Nyhamn Sälskär Utö Bothnian Sea Isokari Kaijakari Kallo...
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and beached at Coquimbo. She was refloated the next day. Frida Germany The schooner sprang a leak and sank off Lågskär, Finland. The crew survived....
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Archipelago Sea and the Sea of Åland Bengtskär Flötjan Gustaf Dalén Kökarsören Lågskär Marhällan Märket Nyhamn Sälskär Utö Bothnian Sea Isokari Kaijakari Kallo...
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Lockton United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and damaged at Lågskär, Grand Duchy of Finland. She was refloated and taken in to Stockholm, Sweden...
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467333; 19.937944 Fl W 5s. 17 metres (56 ft) 16812 C4465 6 Lågskär Lighthouse 1920 Lågskär island 59°50′28.2″N 19°54′43.9″E / 59.841167°N 19.912194°E...
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Huntley-Berner United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Lågskär, Åland, Grand Duchy of Finland with the loss of four of her crew. She was...
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