Bengtskär
| Bengtskär | ||
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| Waters | Baltic Sea | |
| Geographical location | 59 ° 43 '22 " N , 22 ° 29' 56" E | |
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| length | 250 m | |
| width | 160 m | |
| surface | 2.5 ha | |
Bengtskär [ ˈbɛŋtʃæːr ] is the southernmost inhabited Finnish island and is part of the municipality of Kimitoön . It is located in the Baltic Sea at the entrance to the Gulf of Finland , about 25 km southwest of Hanko , 200 km from Helsinki and 100 km southeast of Turku in the Swedish-speaking part of Finland. Hence the name has its origin. Bengt is a Swedish man's name, skär means a small rock island ( skerry ) in Swedish .
In 1906 a lighthouse was built on the island, the Bengtskär lighthouse , which has also been developed for tourism since the 1990s and is the tallest lighthouse in Scandinavia.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ unc.edu: Lighthouses of Southwest Finland