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Airport[edit]

I usually go to wikipedia first to find out information on local airports when making travel plans --- which is why I was surprised to see nothing mentioned here about the Heligoland Airport. This being an island and a tourist destination, I am doubly surprised --- can someone improve the article in this respect? — Muckapedia (talk) 24^e fév. 2015 11h50 (−4h)

"He and Bohr went for long hikes in the mountains"[edit]

I don't see any mountains and a long hike would seem to involve several laps around the island. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.220.82.210 (talk) 05:54, 12 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Please reread the paragraph.--Quisqualis (talk) 10:17, 12 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding culture[edit]

Pinneberg is a typical half sub metropolitain / half rural tree farming area . can' t tell they actually have any kind of stand out culture to speak of other than typicsl general northern sticks and suburban closer to HH. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.186.168.137 (talk) 22:26, 22 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Pre-History of the Island(s)[edit]

Cunliffe 2002 :148-149 adds several other ancient names for the Island: Xenophon called it Balcia, but Basilia by Pytheas and Timeaeus, and Basileia by Diodorus. And possibly Baunonia. The Greek adjective basileia means "royal." But why? The Celtic speakers may have called the Island Abalus, which Pytheas wrote as Abalum. Celtic aball = 'apple'. But that is just a guess. Cunliffe called the Island the Amber Island. He thought that this was the trading port where amber was brought from the Jutland Peninsula by local amber hunters to sell to traders from the south, either Carthaginians or Greeks, or both.

Ref: Barry Cunliffe "The Extraordinary Voyage of Pytheas the Greek, Penguin Books, 2002: 148-149 Ordnørd (talk) 02:53, 2 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Name[edit]

Just noting that there is coverage of the etymology in the Name section, but then again - and slightly different - in the History section. Can someone more qualified than me fix this? Davidships (talk) 02:06, 22 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]