Hoburg Shoal, also known as Hoburgs bank,
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
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 from ...
, in the southern zone of the
Gotland
Gotland (, ; ''Gutland'' in Gutnish), also historically spelled Gottland or Gothland (), is Sweden's largest island. It is also a province, county, municipality, and diocese. The province includes the islands of Fårö and Gotska Sandön to the ...
shelf, south of
Hoburgen
Hoburgen is a rauk (sea stack) area on the Storsudret peninsula in Sundre socken on the southern tip of Gotland, Sweden.
The area contains one of Gotland's most noted rauks, the ''Hoburgsgubben'' ("Old Man Hoburg"). One of the asteroids in t ...
.
The shoal is a
bird reserve encompassing about .
Geography
It is a long shoal, comprising a northern and a southern section, that lies to the south of the Storsudret peninsula in
Sundre socken
Socken is the name used for a part of a county in Sweden. In Denmark similar areas are known as ''sogn'', in Norway ''sokn'' or ''sogn'' and in Finland ''pitäjä'' ''(socken)''. A socken is a country-side area that was formed around a church, ...
on the southern tip of Gotland, Sweden.
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[Geologiska Föreningen i Stockholm Förhandlingar Volume 87, 1965 – Issue 3; ''Nielsens grund och Hoburgs bank i östersjön'']
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The submerged shoal's water depths range between about .
History
, a pipeline is projected that may cross the area of the shoal.
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References
External links
Full text of "07WARSAW1975"
Shoals of the Baltic Sea
Gotland
Bird sanctuaries
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