Fanø


 
 

Fan? is a Danish island in the North Sea off the coast of southwestern Denmark, and is one of the North Frisian Islands. Fam? municipality is the municipality (Danish, kommune) that covers the island.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

The island is 16 km long and 5 km wide, and it is located just off the coast from the city of Esbjerg to which it is connected by ferry.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

A variety of environments are to be found on Fan?. Not surprisingly, a very common one is sand. The island's whole western shore is made up of beaches, and the sea off the island's northwest end is also home to the "S?ren-Jessens-Sand", a vast sandbank. Fan? also has heath and a small pine wood.


 

North Sea: The North Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean, located north of Europe....

Denmark: The Kingdom of Denmark (Danish: Kongeriget Danmark) is geographically the smallest Nordic country and is part of the European Union. It is located at in Scandinavia, which is in northern Europe. Denmark borders the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, and consists of a peninsula attached to Northern Germa...

North Frisian Islands: The North Frisian Islands are a group of islands in the Wadden Sea, a part of the North Sea, off the western coast of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany and Jutland, Denmark. The German-ruled islands are part of the Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park and the Kreis (district) of Nordfriesland. The ...

~ Table of Content ~

Introduction
The island of Fan?
Fan? municipality
External links
References
 


 

~ Related Subjects ~

Danish (3) - North Sea (3) - Germany (2) - Jutland (2) - Denmark (2) - Greenland (1) - Crown (1) - Faroe Islands (1) - Norway (1) - Bornholm (1) - Archipelago (1) - Sweden (1) - Nordfriesland (1) - Kreis (1) - Heligoland (1) -
 

~ Community ~

History Forum
Come and discuss about History, Civilizations, Historical Events and Figures
History Web-Ring
A community of sites, blogs and forums dedicated to History. Do not hesitate to submit your site.