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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. The reserve is situated at the southern edge of the Stora Alvaret, a unique limestone pavement ecosystem designated as a World Heritage Site comprising most of the southern half of the island of Öland[1]. Ottenby offers diverse habitats including coastal marsh, marine, woodland and alvar. Nearest villages include Alby, Hulterstad, Gettlinge and Triberga.

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

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A nature reserve (natural reserve, nature preserve, natural preserve
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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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Motto
(Royal) "För Sverige - I tiden" 1
"For Sweden – With the Times" ²
Anthem
Du gamla, Du fria
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Cervinae

Genus: Dama

Species: D. dama

Binomial name
Dama dama
(Linnaeus, 1758)
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Charles X Gustav
King of Sweden, the Goths and the Wends;
Grand Prince of Finland; Duke of Skåne, Estonia, Livonia, Karelia, Bremen, Verden, Stettin, Pomerania, Kashubia and Wendia; Prince of Rügen;
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Middle Ages form the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three "ages": the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages and Modern Times.
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Dry stone is a building method by which structures are constructed from stones without any mortar to bind them together. Dry stone structures are stable because of their unique construction method, which is characterized by the presence of a load-bearing facade of
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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 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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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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marsh, or morass, is a type of wetland which is subject to frequent or continuous inundation.[1] Typically a marsh features grasses, rushes, reeds, typhas, sedges, and other herbaceous plants (possibly with low-growing woody plants) in a context of shallow water.
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woodland is a area covered in trees, differentiated from a forest. In these terms, a forest has a largely closed canopy – the branches and foliage of trees interlock overhead to provide extensive and nearly continuous shade.
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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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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, Ånge, a village in Ånge Municipality, Sweden

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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
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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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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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