Askø is a Danish island north of Lolland. It covers an area of 2.82 km2 and has 55 permanent inhabitants (as of 1 January 2005) as well as hundreds of summer vacation properties. It is connected to the neighbouring island of Lilleø by a 700 metre long dam,[2] which was constructed in 1914. Askø is connected to Bandholm on Lolland by ferry.
In 1954, there were 170 inhabitants and one vehicle.[3]
In 2014 energy company SEAS-NVE discovered a Neolithic boat in a submerged settlement as it replaced sea cables by Askø Island.[4] The boat had split and sealing mass consisting of a strip of bark and resin was found in the hole.
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Notes
- ^ Postal website www.Postnumre.dk.
- ^ "Askø og Lilleø". Retrieved 12 June 2014.
- ^ "Lone Vehicle Causes Fatality". The Morning Herald. Hagerstown, Maryland. 6 Nov 1954. p. 1. Retrieved 30 June 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Archaeologists make spectacular discovery off Denmarks coast, webpage
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