Östergarn | |
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 Annas nöje, summer house in Katthammarsvik, Östergarn | |
  Östergarn | |
| Coordinates:57°25′18″N18°51′31″E / 57.42167°N 18.85861°E /57.42167; 18.85861 | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Province | Gotland |
| County | Gotland County |
| Municipality | Gotland Municipality |
| Area | |
• Total | 28.29 km2 (10.92 sq mi) |
| Population (2014)[2] | |
• Total | 347 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | www |
Östergarn (Swedish pronunciation:[ˈœ̂sːtɛrˌɡɑːɳ])[3] is a populated area, asocken (not to be confused withparish), on the Swedish island ofGotland.[4] It comprises the same area as theadministrative Östergarn District, established on 1 January 2016.[5]
Östergarn is situated on a peninsula on the central part of eastern Gotland. The area has several lowplateaus, the two major ones areGrogarnsberget andÖstergarnsberget.[6][7] ThemedievalÖstergarn Church is located in thesocken.[8] As of 2019[update], Östergarn Church belongs to Östergarnparish in Romaklosterspastorat, along with the churches inGammelgarn,Kräklingbo,Anga andAla.[9][10]
The harbor villageKatthammarsvik is on the north coast of Östergarn and theHerrvikfishing village is on the eastern tip of the peninsula. About 4 km (2.5 mi) northeast of Herrvik is theÖstergarnsholm island with its twolighthouses.[11] The island is about 200 ha (490 acres).[6] Along the southern coast is the SandvikenNatura 2000nature reserve with its long, sandy beach.[12][13]
One of theasteroids in theasteroid belt,10815 Östergarn, isnamed after this place.[14]
| Climate data for Östergarnsholm (2015-2020 averages; extremes since 1901) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean maximum °C (°F) | 5.6 (42.1) | 5.1 (41.2) | 9.0 (48.2) | 14.6 (58.3) | 21.3 (70.3) | 23.3 (73.9) | 26.1 (79.0) | 24.8 (76.6) | 20.2 (68.4) | 15.3 (59.5) | 10.3 (50.5) | 7.2 (45.0) | 26.9 (80.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 3.3 (37.9) | 3.7 (38.7) | 5.3 (41.5) | 8.6 (47.5) | 13.3 (55.9) | 18.3 (64.9) | 20.8 (69.4) | 21.1 (70.0) | 17.8 (64.0) | 11.6 (52.9) | 8.5 (47.3) | 5.4 (41.7) | 11.3 (52.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 1.5 (34.7) | 2.0 (35.6) | 2.8 (37.0) | 5.5 (41.9) | 10.0 (50.0) | 14.9 (58.8) | 17.6 (63.7) | 18.1 (64.6) | 14.9 (58.8) | 9.8 (49.6) | 6.2 (43.2) | 4.0 (39.2) | 9.0 (48.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 0.2 (32.4) | 0.7 (33.3) | 0.6 (33.1) | 2.6 (36.7) | 6.8 (44.2) | 11.8 (53.2) | 15.0 (59.0) | 15.6 (60.1) | 12.8 (55.0) | 8.2 (46.8) | 4.9 (40.8) | 2.6 (36.7) | 7.0 (44.6) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 42.0 (1.65) | 28.5 (1.12) | 27.0 (1.06) | 20.5 (0.81) | 26.2 (1.03) | 38.6 (1.52) | 74.4 (2.93) | 52.8 (2.08) | 31.4 (1.24) | 54.1 (2.13) | 58.9 (2.32) | 46.2 (1.82) | 500.6 (19.71) |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 38.6 | 68.4 | 164.5 | 247.4 | 318.3 | 323.9 | 303.5 | 270.5 | 198.6 | 115.4 | 51.5 | 36.5 | 2,137.1 |
| Source 1: SMHI[15] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: SMHI Monthly Data 2015–2020[16] | |||||||||||||
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