Adlergrund

Adlergrund
Ławica Orla

Submerged bank

Adlergrund (Baltic Sea)

Coordinates: 54°45′N 14°24′E / 54.750°N 14.400°E / 54.750; 14.400Coordinates: 54°45′N 14°24′E / 54.750°N 14.400°E / 54.750; 14.400
Sea Baltic Sea
Area Off Cape Arkona
Country Germany
Minimum depth 5 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

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

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]

Lightship Adlergrund I (1884)
Lightship Adlergrund II (1922)

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

See also

References

  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
  3. ↑ GoogleEarth
  4. ↑ Dr Józef Pluciński: Latarniowce na Zatoce Pomorskiej
  5. ↑ Wind Energy Network Rostock
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