Blekinge archipelago
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| Official name | Blekinge skärgård |
| Designated | 14 November 2001 |
| Reference no. | 1115[1] |
Blekinge archipelago is an archipelago in the Baltic Sea, located in Blekinge in the south of Sweden.
Geography
[edit | edit source]Blekinge archipelago stretches among almost the entire coastline of Blekinge, from west to east. It covers some 210,000 hectares (520,000 acres) including water; the landmass amounts to about 54,000 hectares (130,000 acres). The archipelago is dominated by a few large islands, Tjärö, Aspö, Hasslö, Tärnö and Sturkö, with smaller islands and skerries interspersed. In the whole archipelago area, some 85,000 people live, of whom 4,000 are islanders.[2] The island of Utlängan is the furthest out to sea of the archipelago's islands. Only the lighthouse rock Utklippan is further out.
The landscape is a diverse cultural landscape, characterised by mainly a mix between oak pastures and deciduous forest. For its size, the archipelago exhibits an unusually high biodiversity. Endangered species that find a habitat in the archipelago include Osmoderma eremita and Lecanographa amylacea.[2]
Culture
[edit | edit source]The towns of Karlshamn and Karlskrona are both located within the archipelago area. Karlskrona is mainly situated on Trossö island. The latter, having been founded as a naval base, is noted for its Baroque architecture and listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Shipbuilding has been a local trade within the archipelago and the area is known for a traditional type of small boat, called blekingeeka and used for tasks like fishing and transporting stone locally.[3]
In the 1970s, the local diving club discovered a shipwreck in the Blekinge archipelago that was eventually identified by archaeologists as Gribshunden, a 15th-century Danish warship.[4][5] The shipwreck is significant as one of the best-preserved wreckages from the early modern period.[4][6]
Tjärö island was the site of the Sweden Social Web Camp from 2009 to 2013.[7]
Gallery
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Blekingeeka, a type of small boat traditionally used in the archipelago area.
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Typical landscape (Almö island)
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Typical landscape (Almö island)
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Typical landscape Aspö island
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Church on Aspö island
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