Hoburgen
Encyclopedia
Hoburgen is a peninsula
on the southern tip of Gotland
, Sweden
. Burgsvik
is located in its northern half.
Peninsula
A peninsula is a piece of land that is bordered by water on three sides but connected to mainland. In many Germanic and Celtic languages and also in Baltic, Slavic and Hungarian, peninsulas are called "half-islands"....
on the southern tip of Gotland
Gotland
Gotland is a county, province, municipality and diocese of Sweden; it is Sweden's largest island and the largest island in the Baltic Sea. At 3,140 square kilometers in area, the region makes up less than one percent of Sweden's total land area...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
. Burgsvik
Burgsvik
Burgsvik ['buschvick] is a locality situated in Gotland Municipality, Gotland County, Sweden with 347 inhabitants in 2005. Burgsvik lies in the southern part of the island of Gotland. The Burgsvik beds are a geological sequence found there.-External links:*...
is located in its northern half.