Lickershamn

Lickershamn

The rauk Jungfrun in Lickershamn.
Lickershamn
Coordinates: 57°49′33″N 18°30′53″E / 57.82583°N 18.51472°E / 57.82583; 18.51472Coordinates: 57°49′33″N 18°30′53″E / 57.82583°N 18.51472°E / 57.82583; 18.51472
Country Sweden
Province Gotland
County Gotland County
Municipality Gotland Municipality
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Website http://www.lickershamn.com/

Lickershamn is a small settlement and fishing village situated in Gotland Municipality, Gotland County, Sweden. Lickershamn is a part of Stenkyrka.[1]

The place is most noted for the rauks in the area, including Gotland's largest rauk the Jungfrun ("The Maiden").[2] One of the asteroids in the asteroid belt, 10103 Jungfrun, is named after it.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Lickershamn". www.guteinfo.com. Guteinfo.com. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  2. ↑ Karin and Jon. "Lickershamnskrogen". www.lickershamnskrogen.se. Lickershamnskrogen. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  3. ↑ "10103 Jungfrun (1992 DB9)". NASA. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
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