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Arkona (1992)
Arkona may refer to: * Cape Arkona on the German island of Rügen * Arkona (band), a Russian folk metal band * Arkona, Ontario * Saga Pearl II, Arkona, (1985-2002) a cruise ship * ARKONA (FüWES), an Air Command and Control System (ACCS), used by the German air force * Arkona (2004), ''Arkona'' (2004), one of the icebreakers of Germany * Arkona Hill, a hill in Szczecin, Poland * Lake Arkona, a stage of the lake waters in the Huron-Erie-Ontario basin * Arkonian Forest Park, a forest in Szczecin, Poland See also * Arkońskie-Niemierzyn, a neighbourhood in Szczecin, Poland {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Arkona
Cape Arkona () is a 45-metre (150-foot) high cape on the island of Rügen in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It forms the tip of the Wittow peninsula, just a few kilometres north of the Jasmund National Park. The protected landscape of Cape Arkona, together with the fishing village of Vitt, belongs to the municipality of Putgarten and is one of the most popular tourist destinations on Rügen, receiving about 800,000 visitors annually. On the cape there are two lighthouses, a navigation tower, two military bunker complexes, the Slavic temple fortress of '' Jaromarsburg'' and several tourist buildings (restaurants, pubs and souvenir shops). Because of its geology and the weathering that occurs here, there are frequent coastal collapses, especially in winter. Cape Arkona is often referred to as "the northernmost point of Rügen", which is not true. Approximately one kilometre to the north-west, there is a point on the steep coast, known as the ''Gellort'', which is a little furth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
