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Hulterstad is a small coastal town on the southeastern part of the island of Öland, Sweden. Hulterstad is situated at the eastern fringe of the Stora Alvaret, a limestone pavement habitat which hosts a diversity of rare plants and has been designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO[1]. Hulterstad is the municipal government center for this district and central records for centuries were kept at the Hulterstad Church. Significant gravefields and a Viking stone burial ship structure are located immediately south of Hulterstad. To the north is located the village of Alby and to the south is the Ottenby Nature Reserve. Across the alvar to the west is the village of Gettlinge.

References

1. ^ Hakan Sandbring and Martin Borg, Oland: Island of Stone and Green, May, 1997

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coast is defined as the part of the land adjoining or near the ocean. A coastline is properly a line on a map indicating the disposition of a coast, but the word is often used to refer to the coast itself.
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island (IPA: /aɪ.lɪnd/) or isle (IPA: /aɪ.ʌl
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"Oeland".
For the German island, see .
For the Finnish island, see .

Öland   (help info )
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State Party  Sweden
Type Cultural
Criteria iv, v
Reference 968
Region Europe and North America

Inscription History
Inscription 2000  (24th Session)
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limestone pavement is a natural karst landform consisting of a flat, incised surface of exposed limestone that resembles artificial pavement.

Conditions for limestone pavements are created when an advancing glacier scrapes away overburden and exposes horizontally-bedded
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A rare species is an organism which is very uncommon or scarce. This designation may be applied to either a plant or animal taxon, and may be distinct from the term "endangered" or "threatened species".
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A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a specific site (such as a forest, mountain, lake, desert, monument, building, complex, or city) that has been nominated and confirmed for inclusion on the list maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO
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United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

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Org type: Specialized Agency
Acronyms: UNESCO
Head: Director General of UNESCO
Koïchiro Matsuura
 Japan
Status: Active

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The Stone ship was a Germanic burial custom, typical for Scandinavia with scattered examples in Northern Germany and along the coast of the Baltic States (where they are called devil ships).
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Alby may refer to
  • Alby, Botkyrka, Sweden, a Stockholm suburb
  • Alby on the island of Öland, Sweden
  • Alby with Thwaite in Norfolk, England
  • Alby People, a Stone Age people in Öland, Sweden
  • Alby, Ã…nge, a village in Ã…nge Municipality, Sweden

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Ottenby is a nature reserve at the southern tip of the island of Öland in Sweden. Previously Ottenby was a royal game reserve stocked with fallow deer; in fact, the King Charles X Gustav of Sweden built a medieval drystone wall to confine the deer.
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alvar or pavement barren is a biological environment based on a limestone plain with thin or no soil and, as a result, sparse vegetation. In the United Kingdom this landform is called a limestone pavement.
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Gettlinge is a village in the southwest portion of the island of Öland, Sweden. It is known for its impressive Viking stone ship burial ground.[1] Gettlinge is situated on the western fringe of the Stora Alvaret, a World Heritage Site designated by UNESCO.
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Rune stones are stones with runic inscriptions dating from the early Middle Ages but are found to have been used most prominently during the Viking Age. Compared to western Europe, Scandinavia has poor written evidence for its early medieval history in favor of an oral skaldic
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