🦎 Malören

Sweden · Europe · Nature Reserve · 65.53°N, 23.55°E

Malören is an island in the Kalix archipelago of northern Sweden. It lies to the southwest of Sandskär, but is not part of the Haparanda Archipelago National Park. Malören has the shape of an atoll, with sandbanks around an inland sea. It came into existence about 1,500 years ago when the area began to rise by 85 cm (33 in) per century. Since 1997, the island has been a nature reserve, encompassing 181 ha. On the island is a chapel, built in 1769, and a lighthouse, built in 1851.

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Quick facts

Country	Sweden
Continent / region	Europe
Protection type	🦎 Nature Reserve
Coordinates (approx.)	65.53°N, 23.55°E · view on map

Malören is a nature reserve in Sweden, in Europe. The details of why Malören is ecologically important are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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