Märket topographic map

Name: Märket topographic map, elevation, terrain.

Location: Märket, Hammarland, Ålands landsbygd, Åland Islands, Finland (60.29986 19.12937 60.30177 19.13561)

Average elevation: 0 m

Minimum elevation: 0 m

Maximum elevation: 0 m

The island consists of mostly smooth diabase rock, with a maximum natural elevation of two meters. Most of the area is regularly washed over with seawater in storms, and scoured by drift ice in winter. Plant life, which is limited to low-growing grasses and herbs, persists only in some protected spots. Twenty-three plant species have been identified altogether. The halophilic grass Puccinellia capillaris and the herbaceous Sagina nodosa (knotted pearlwort) are found scattered throughout the island. Among rarer species, Spergularia marina (salt sandspurry) grows on Märket. Salix caprea (goat willow) grows on an abandoned building.