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Heligholmen

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Heligholmen is an island off the south coast of Vamlingbo, Gotland, Sweden, with an area of 11.8 hectares (29 acres). It is uninhabited and its only building is a small lighthouse. Heligholmen is a bird reserve. In 1741, Carl Linnaeus, visited the island and described it in his book Öländska och Gothländska Resa.

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