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

Western Pomerania Lagoon Area National Park The Western Pomerania Lagoon Area National Park
at www.naturefund.de. Ac ...

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

) 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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gansewerder German islands in the Baltic Nature reserves in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania West Rügen Bodden Islands of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Uninhabited islands of Germany