Lickershamn

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Lickershamn
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The rauk Jungfrun in Lickershamn.
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Lickershamn
Coordinates: 57°49′33″N18°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 UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Website www.lickershamn.com

Lickershamn is a small settlement and fishing village situated in Stenkyrka on the Swedish island of Gotland. [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]

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References

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