Lickershamn is a small settlement and fishing village situated in

Stenkyrka Stenkyrka is a populated area, a socken (not to be confused with parish), on the Swedish island of Gotland. It comprises the same area as the administrative Stenkyrka District, established on 1January 2016. Geography Stenkyrka in the northwest ...

on the Swedish island of

Gotland Gotland (, ; ''Gutland'' in Gutnish), also historically spelled Gottland or Gothland (), is Sweden's largest island. It is also a province, county, municipality, and diocese. The province includes the islands of Fårö and Gotska Sandön to the ...

. The place is most noted for the

rauk A rauk is a column-like landform in Sweden and Norway, often equivalent to a stack. Rauks often occur in groups called "raukfält" or "rauk fields". The limestone rauks of Gotland in the Baltic Sea are among the best known examples. Sweden R ...

s in the area, including Gotland's largest rauk the ''Jungfrun'' ("The Maiden"). One of the

asteroid An asteroid is a minor planet of the inner Solar System. Sizes and shapes of asteroids vary significantly, ranging from 1-meter rocks to a dwarf planet almost 1000 km in diameter; they are rocky, metallic or icy bodies with no atmosphere. ...

s in the

asteroid belt The asteroid belt is a torus-shaped region in the Solar System, located roughly between the orbits of the planets Jupiter and Mars. It contains a great many solid, irregularly shaped bodies, of many sizes, but much smaller than planets, called ...

, 10103 Jungfrun, is named after it.

Gallery

File:Grausne Norra Raukomrade.JPG, Grausne north rauk area at Lickershamn. File:Lickershamn-Rauken-Gotland-2010 10.jpg, Grausne north rauk area at Lickershamn. File:Lickershamn Jungfrau (23).JPG, ''Jungfrun'' ("The Maiden"), rauk at Lickershamn. File:Lickershamn Jungfrau (2).JPG, Lickershamn fishing village.

References

Populated places in Gotland County {{Gotland-geo-stub