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 Provinces of Sweden, province/Counties of Sweden, county (Swedish län), Municipalities of Sweden, municipality, a ...

. The place is most noted for the

rauk A rauk is a column-like landform in Sweden, often equivalent to a stack (geology), stack. Rauks often occur in groups called ''raukfält'' 'rauk fields'. The limestone rauks of Gotland in the Baltic Sea are among the best known examples. Sweden ...

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

asteroid An asteroid is a minor planet—an object larger than a meteoroid that is neither a planet nor an identified comet—that orbits within the Solar System#Inner Solar System, inner Solar System or is co-orbital with Jupiter (Trojan asteroids). As ...

s in the

asteroid belt The asteroid belt is a torus-shaped region in the Solar System, centered on the Sun and roughly spanning the space between the orbits of the planets Jupiter and Mars. It contains a great many solid, irregularly shaped bodies called asteroids ...

, 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