The tiny uninhabited German island of Gänsewerder lies in the
Schaproder Bodden
The Schaproder Bodden is a ''bodden'' on the Baltic Sea coast between the island of Hiddensee in the west and the islands of Rügen and Ummanz in the east. To the north the Schaproder Bodden is linked to the Vitter Bodden by the so-called ''Trog'' ...
, a lagoon on the
Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden and the North and Central European Plain.
The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and ...
coast, 400 metres east of the
Gellen
The Gellen or Gellen Peninsula (german: Halbinsel Gellen) is a spit (landform), spit at the southern end of the island of Hiddensee off the north German Baltic coast. Its southern part is protected as an important bird reserve and is part of protec ...
Peninsula on
Hiddensee
Hiddensee () is a car-free island in the Baltic Sea, located west of Germany's largest island, Rügen, on the German coast.
The island has about 1,000 inhabitants. It was a holiday destination for East German tourists during German Democratic ...
. It is part of the
and is out of bounds to the public. The surface of Gänsewerder is flat, sandy and damp, and only reeds and small plants grow there. There is a small pond in the northeast of the island. The island has an oval shape and slopes along its longer axis from southwest to northeast. It measures about 328 by 155 metres and has an area of some 4 hectares. When the national park was established, Gänsewerder (like the
Gellen
The Gellen or Gellen Peninsula (german: Halbinsel Gellen) is a spit (landform), spit at the southern end of the island of Hiddensee off the north German Baltic coast. Its southern part is protected as an important bird reserve and is part of protec ...
) was a coastal nesting area for birds, but is no longer. The island of
Fährinsel off Hiddensee, which is inhabited by several species of bird, is managed as one area along with the Gellen and Gänserwerder.
''Gänsewerder''
at www.insel-und-kueste.de. Retrieved 24 Jun 2019
References
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German islands in the Baltic
Nature reserves in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
West Rügen Bodden
Islands of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Uninhabited islands of Germany