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    Saltholm (Danish pronunciation: [sæltˈhʌlˀm]; Salt Islet) is a Danish island in the Øresund, the strait that separates Denmark and Sweden. It is located...
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    Peberholm lies approximately 1 km south of the larger natural island of Saltholm (Salt Islet) and was named to complement it. It has an area of 1.3 km2...
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    Taastrup - 50.686 Tårnby (a very large area of western Amager and the Saltholm (2 inhabitants (2020)) and Peberholm (nature habitat) islands are unpopulated)...
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    1973. It would have comprised a bridge between Malmö and Saltholm, with a tunnel linking Saltholm to Copenhagen, and would have been accompanied by a second...
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    Battle of Saltholm was fought on 9 June 1808 during the Gunboat War. Danish and Norwegian ships attacked a British convoy off the island of Saltholm in Øresund...
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    Copenhagen and Saltholm. The island and fort are simply known as Flakfortet; the name of the island; Saltholmrev, meaning the reef near Saltholm, is seldom...
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    Copenhagen Airport is situated to the east of Tårnby. It includes the islets Saltholm and Peberholm. There is no clear date for the founding of Tårnby, but archaeological...
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    was not expanded further. A new large airport located at the island of Saltholm (with a connecting bridge to Denmark and Sweden) was on the drawing board...
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    Skull Islet, in British Columbia, Canada Star Keys/Motuhope, New Zealand Saltholm, small Islet in Oresund west of Copenhagen Sue Islet (Queensland) Sumbiarholmur...
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    Lomma. The lime, a key ingredient in cement, was sourced in part from Saltholm. Brick and mortar production were seasonal work and at most 350 people...
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