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The High Coast, at the Gulf of Bothnia, was declare a World Heritage by UNESCO due to its high land uplift. The land has rised about 290 meters since the last ice age and still rises almost 1 meter (40 inches) in a century. In old days the lake to the right in the view was connected to the sea to the left (Check Google Maps). Fishermen had a good harbour with shelter for all kinds of weather. In the 18:th century the sound became pretty shallow. The fishermen had to fight against the uplift in combination with the stones built up by the ice in wintertime and spend a lot of their time rinsing the sound for stones. In 1870 they finally had to surrender and accept the fact that the harbour had turned into a lake. The place is now called "Gammhamnen" - The Old Harbour" These days there are hardly any traces of the harbour to be found. The island is inhabited but can be reached in summertime by a small boat leaving from Hörsångs Camping. The nature is very wild - another panorama can be found here: Cliffs of Storön. This is part of a panorama tour I made for the official website of the World Heritage. Press "Upplev Höga Kusten" for the full list of panoramas (unfortunately not yet in English). Caption in [Swedish / svenska]
Shortcut to this page: http://worldwidepanorama.org/wwp_rss/go/n3882
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