Adlergrund ( pl, Ławica Orla) is a
shoal
In oceanography, geomorphology, and geoscience, a shoal is a natural submerged ridge, bank, or bar that consists of, or is covered by, sand or other unconsolidated material and rises from the bed of a body of water to near the surface. It ...
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 km
2.
Geography
It lies roughly 55 km to the ENE of
Cape Arkona, the
headland
A headland, also known as a head, is a coastal landform, a point of land usually high and often with a sheer drop, that extends into a body of water. It is a type of promontory. A headland of considerable size often is called a cape.Whittow, John ...
at the northern end of
Rügen Island, and 60 km to the SSW of
Bornholm
Bornholm () is a Danish island in the Baltic Sea, to the east of the rest of Denmark, south of Sweden, northeast of Germany and north of Poland.
Strategically located, Bornholm has been fought over for centuries. It has usually been ruled by ...
. Geographically it is a SW extension of the Rönnebank that runs south of Bornholm.
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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.
File:Die Gartenlaube (1887) b 517.jpg, Lightship Adlergrund I (1884)
File:Latarniowiec Adlergrund (Ławica Orla).jpg, 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.
See also
*
List of shipwrecks in 1938
*
Lightvessels
A lightvessel, or lightship, is a ship that acts as a lighthouse. They are used in waters that are too deep or otherwise unsuitable for lighthouse construction. Although some records exist of fire beacons being placed on ships in Roman times, t ...
References
External links
Ostwind 1
Shoals of the Baltic Sea
Geography of Germany
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