🏛️ Agricultural Landscape of Southern Öland

Sweden · Europe · Cultural · 56.33°N, 16.48°E

The agricultural landscape of southern Öland is an area of more than 56,000 hectares located on the island of Öland, Sweden. It includes Stora alvaret, a limestone plateau of around half that surface. Stora alvaret is a dagger-shaped area almost 40 km (25 mi) long and about 10 km (6.2 mi) at its widest north end. This limestone plain, around a quarter of the surface of the island, is the most extended of its kind in Europe. As a result of the thin layer of soil and high pH levels, it presents a wide range of plants, including many rare species.

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Quick facts

Country	Sweden
Continent / region	Europe
List type	🏛️ Cultural heritage site
Coordinates (approx.)	56.33°N, 16.48°E · view on map

Agricultural Landscape of Southern Öland is a cultural World Heritage site in Sweden, in Europe. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Agricultural Landscape of Southern Öland was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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