Stensholmen
  Stensholmen | |
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| Coordinates | 57°30′N 11°56′E / 57.500°N 11.933°E |
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Sweden | |
Stensholmen is a small island lying off the west coast of Sweden.[1] It is located 2 Km to the north-west of the centre of Särö, and 2 Km to the south of Vallda Church in Halland County.[2] It is the last resting place of a number of British and German sailors killed in the Battle of Jutland during the First World War and subsequently washed up on and around the island, including the author Gorch Fock (real name Johann Wilhelm Kinau).[3][4]
The island is also home to lynxes that are known to attack sheep farmed on the island.[5]
See also
References
- ^ Von Issio, Ehrich (17 August 2009). "Mit dem Kajak durch die Schärengärten Schwedens". Welt. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- ^ "Årsbok". Årsbok, Sveriges geologiska undersökning (531): 55. 1953. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- ^ Drumm, Russell (16 November 2001). The Barque of Saviors: Eagle's Passage from the Nazi Navy to the U.S. Coast Guard. HMH. p. 91. ISBN 0547799810. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- ^ Jellicoe, Nicholas (30 March 2016). Jutland: The Unfinished Battle. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 1848323239. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- ^ Fingal, Johan (10 August 2017). "Lodjur attackerade får – igen". Skovde Nyheter. Retrieved 5 September 2019.