Official Name: | Hamra |
Native Name: | Hamre |
Pushpin Map: | Sweden Gotland |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Sweden |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Gotland Municipality |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Gotland County |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Gotland |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 20.2 |
Population As Of: | 2014 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 107 |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 56.9758°N 18.3133°W |
Hamra is a populated area, a socken (not to be confused with parish), on the Swedish island of Gotland.[3] It comprises the same area as the administrative Hamra District, established on 1January 2016.[4]
Hamra is situated on the southeastern tip of Gotland.[5] The medieval Hamra Church is located in the socken.[6] The small Vändburg harbor and Hammarhage Hällar sea stack area are also in Hamra.[7] [8] Hamra has given its name to the Hamra formation, one of the Silurian sedimentary rock formations which make up Gotland.[9]
, Hamra Church belongs to Hoburg parish in Sudrets pastorat, along with the churches in Öja, Vamlingbo, Sundre and Fide.[10] [11]
One of the asteroids in the asteroid belt, 9373 Hamra, is named after this place.[12]