Gotthard
ST. See ST. GOTTHARD.
GOTHLAND or GOTTLAND, a Swedish island in the Baltic, 44 miles E. from the mainland, and with Farö, Gotsk Sandö, and other smaller islands constituting the province of Gottland or Wisby; area, 1,219 square miles; pop. (1918) 56,028. The island consists mainly of terrace-like slopes of limestone, encircled by cliffs, broken by numerous deep fiords, more especially on the W. coast; the E. parts are flat.
Next to agriculture, the chief occupations of the inhabitants are fishing, fowling, and lime-burning. In the Middle Ages the island belonged to the German Hanseatic League, but was restored to Sweden in 1645. Capital, Wisby.
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