Furillen
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Furillen (older spelling Furilden) is an island in Rute on the northeast coast of Gotland, Sweden. For most of the 20th century, there was a limestone industry on the island until it was closed to the public by the Swedish military in the 1970s–90s, when radar installations became operational. The north part of Furillen is a nature reserve and a Natura 2000 area.
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Vinony's link graph records 123 inbound references to Furillen, and connects out to Slite, Västerhejde and Rute socken.
The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony files it under Islands of Gotland County, Nature reserves in Gotland County and Swedish islands in the Baltic.
Vinony links it to 4 Wikipedia language editions.
Official website
Fabriken Furillen
Welcome to Furillen peninsula om Gotland. A unique peninsula with one of Europe's best hotels.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Country
- Sweden
- Located in
- Region Gotland
- Area
- 4
- Body of water
- Gotland Basin
- Official website
- www.furillen.com
- Image
- Furillen August 2020 20.jpg
- Width
- 2
- Length
- 5
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Geography
- History
- ''Fabriken Furillen''
- Nature reserve
- Gallery
- Notes
- References
- External links
Furillen (older spelling Furilden) is an island in Rute on the northeast coast of Gotland, Sweden. For most of the 20th century, there was a limestone industry on the island until it was closed to the public by the Swedish military in the 1970s–90s, when radar installations became operational. The north part of Furillen is a nature reserve and a Natura 2000 area.
== Etymology == The old name "Furilden", is said to date to the Middle Ages, when fire ravaged the forests of northern Gotland, including those on Furillen. Another interpretation is that the prefix "Fur" simply refers to the pines on the island as one of the Swedish words for "pine" is fur or fura, making the meaning "island with the pine forest".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Furillen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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2 mapped locations