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Adlergrund

Coordinates: 54°45′N 14°24′E / 54.750°N 14.400°E / 54.750; 14.400
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Adlergrund
Ławica Orla
Adlergrund is located in Baltic Sea
Adlergrund
Coordinates: 54°45′N 14°24′E / 54.750°N 14.400°E / 54.750; 14.400
SeaBaltic Sea
RegionOff Cape Arkona
CountryGermany
Minimum depth5 m

Adlergrund (Polish: Ławica Orla)[1] is a shoal located in the Baltic Sea, at the SW end of the Rönnebank.

The shoal is a protected marine area with an extension of about 234 km2.[2]

Geography

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It lies roughly 55 km to the ENE of Cape Arkona, the headland at the northern end of Rügen Island, and 60 km to the SSW of Bornholm. Geographically it is a SW extension of the Rönnebank that runs south of Bornholm.[3] The submerged shoal's shallowest point is about 5 meters deep at the time of the lowest astronomical tide.

History

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Since it comprises large shallow areas dangerous for navigation, Lightship Adlergrund —a lightvessel of the German Hydrographic Office, was anchored on the reef in the period 1884 – 1914 and again in 1922 – 1941.[4]

Currently the construction of two wind farms is planned on the Adlergrund Shoal under the name Wind Energy Network Rostock project.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Rozporządzenie Ministra Administracji Publicznej z dnia 11 lutego 1949 r. o przywróceniu i ustaleniu nazw miejscowości in Monitor Polski, 1949; number 17, section 225, p. 5
  2. ^ BfN - Das Schutzgebiet Adlergrund Archived 2017-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ GoogleEarth
  4. ^ Dr Józef Pluciński: Latarniowce na Zatoce Pomorskiej
  5. ^ "Wind Energy Network Rostock" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-05-08. Retrieved 2016-08-31.
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