Æbelø (English: ''apple-island'') is a
Danish island
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in the
Kattegat
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, off
Funen
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's north coast. The island covers an area of 2.09 km
2. In between the island and Funen, there are 4 smaller islands. Æbelø has 2 inhabitants in the summer, in the winter it is de facto uninhabited. Between 1938 and 1943, the owner of the island was Kaj Dindler.
There is a lighthouse on the island.
The Island is connected to
Æbeløholm via a 1,5–2 km
sandbar
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called Brådet, that is periodically submerged.
Sources
ÆbeløAage V. Jensen Naturfond
Nationalt Geologisk Interesseområde ÆbeløNatura 2000-Gebiet Nr. 108 (Æbelø, havet syd for og Nærå)
Islands of Denmark
Danish islands in Kattegat
Uninhabited islands of Denmark
Geography of Nordfyn Municipality
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