Hoburg Shoal
Hoburg Shoal Hoburgs bank | |
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Hoburg Shoal (Baltic Sea) | |
Coordinates: 56°47′N 18°10′E / 56.783°N 18.167°ECoordinates: 56°47′N 18°10′E / 56.783°N 18.167°E | |
Sea | Baltic Sea |
Area | Off Gotland |
Country | Sweden |
Minimum depth | 10 m (33 ft) |
Area[1] | |
• Total | 1,226.28 km2 (473.47 sq mi) |
Hoburg Shoal, also known as Hoburgs bank,[2] is a shoal located in the Baltic Sea, in the southern zone of the Gotland shelf, south of Hoburgen.
The shoal is a bird reserve encompassing about 1,226.28 km2 (473.47 sq mi).[2]
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 on the southern tip of Gotland, Sweden.[3][4] The submerged shoal's water depths range between about 15 and 40 metres (49 and 131 ft).[5]
History
As of 2016, a pipeline is projected that may cross the area of the shoal.[6]
References
- ↑ Sailing Directions, Baltic Sea, p. 147
- 1 2 Hoburgs bank – Protected Planet
- ↑ Google Earth
- ↑ Geologiska Föreningen i Stockholm Förhandlingar Volume 87, 1965 – Issue 3; Nielsens grund och Hoburgs bank i östersjön
- ↑ MP Atlas; Hoburgs Bank Special Protection Areas (Birds Directive)
- ↑ Wikileaks – Discussions at Espoo Convention Meeting
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