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Gettlinge
Sign in to savethumb|300px|Viking stone ship at Gettlinge, [[Öland, Sweden.]]
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- Sweden
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- Mörbylånga Municipality
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- Öland Gettlinge.jpg
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- Stora Alvaret
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thumb|300px|Viking stone ship at Gettlinge, [[Öland, Sweden.]]
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. Gettlinge is situated on the western fringe of the Stora Alvaret, a World Heritage Site designated by UNESCO. The site is readily visible from the perimeter highway, Route 136. Gettlinge, as most prehistoric burial sites on Öland, is established on the low-lying ridge, described by Hogan as a geological formation of thickened soil in this alvar region of otherwise extremely thin soil mantle. This ridge was one of the few places on the southern part of the island that had sufficient soil depth for creation of burial mounds.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gettlinge” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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