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Jærens rev (Jæren's reef) is the westernmost sandbank on the coast of
The shoal is a partly stony sandbar and extends almost to the west in front of the Revtangen headland, the westernmost point of Jæren. It is very shallow: at Klausgrunnen, about off the coast, the water depth is still only . A light
''revtangen.no'', accessed 17 January 2021 The Norwegian Air Force took possession of parts of the site in the 1950s as a target area for bombs and gunfire, and the ornithological station was therefore relocated in the autumn of 1954 about further northeast, to a point near the Reve farms, where it is still located today. Every year between 6,000 and 12,000 waders and passerines are caught there, ringed and then released again. Almost 300 different bird species have been observed there since its opening.
Jæren
Jæren is a traditional district in Rogaland county, Norway. The other districts in Rogaland are Dalane, Ryfylke, and Haugalandet. Jæren is one of the 15 districts that comprise Western Norway.
At about , Jæren is the largest flat lowland a ...
, located approximately off Reve in Klepp
Klepp is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Jæren. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Kleppe. Other villages in Klepp include Klepp stasjon, Orre, Orstad, P ...
municipality, between Orrestranda and Borestranda. Its location has been used to define the limits of the Norwegian fishery zone.
The shoal
The shoal is a partly stony sandbar and extends almost to the west in front of the Revtangen headland, the westernmost point of Jæren. It is very shallow: at Klausgrunnen, about off the coast, the water depth is still only . A light buoy
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Types
Navigational buoys
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is located about off the coast at the western end of the shoal, approximately at position 58 ° 45 'N, 5 ° 26' E, for safe passage making. A high steel mark on Revtangen built in 2004 also serves as a navigational beacon; its top mark has a side length of . A first wooden navigation mark was set up here as early as 1854; it was replaced by a steel construction in 1911, which was dismantled in 1994 and only replaced by the current beacon ten years later.
About further north-northeast is the Feistein Lighthouse on the small Feistein archipelago, at 58°49′35″N 05°30′19″E.
Wildfowl
Jæren's rev is a very well known locality forwader
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s, and since 1937 Stavanger Museum
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has had an ornithological station (Revtangen Ornithological Station) on the mainland nearby.About Revtangen Bird Observatory''revtangen.no'', accessed 17 January 2021 The Norwegian Air Force took possession of parts of the site in the 1950s as a target area for bombs and gunfire, and the ornithological station was therefore relocated in the autumn of 1954 about further northeast, to a point near the Reve farms, where it is still located today. Every year between 6,000 and 12,000 waders and passerines are caught there, ringed and then released again. Almost 300 different bird species have been observed there since its opening.
Wrecks
The reef has been the scene of many shipwrecks along the harsh Jær coast. In his book «''Skipsforlis rundt Jæren''» (''tr. "Shipwreck around Jæren"''), Erik Bakkevig writes of 394 shipwrecks along the Jæren coast over the years. The Norwegian cargo ship ''MS Knute Nelson'' sank at Jærens rev on 27 September 1944, together with two other ships in the sameAxis forces
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convoy, which encountered a French-laid minefield
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.
Rescue station
A rescue station was established here in 1852, and remained in operation until 1993.Klepp Historielags årsskrift 2001 ''tr. "Klepp History team yearbook 2001"''References
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