Gedser Odde
Gedser Odde on the island of Falster in the Baltic Sea is Denmark's southernmost point.[1][2] The terminal moraine from Idestrup through Skelby to Gedser is part of the maximum glaciation line across Falster, from Orehoved to Gedser. Fronted by low cliffs,[3] the ridge, 5–7 m (16–23 ft) high, continues underwater a further 18 km (11 mi) south-east to Gedser Rev.[4] Sydstenen (the south stone) marks the southernmost point.[5]
Geology
The coastal cliff at Gedser Odder is almost always exposed. The
last ice age can be clearly seen, but lake sediments have also been exposed, from the lowering of the terrain. The sediments from the postglacial period contain fossils of freshwater snails and mussels, evidence of a freshwater episode in the Baltic. The ice age strata consist mostly of moraines of clay and boulders deposited by the melting glacier. Traces of pink in the moraines come from red sandstone plucked up in the Baltic Sea.[6]
Birds
Gedser Odde is a good site for observing
pomarine skua, the long-tailed jaeger, and great skua. Gedser Odde is probably the area with the most little gulls in both the spring and the autumn with up to a thousand per day.[7]
Among the
brown warbler and rock bunting.[7]
Features
Gedser Fyr, a square, 20-metre-high (66 ft) lighthouse, sits 0.7 km (770 yd) north-west of Gedser Odde point. The tower features a light and a
racon, or radar transponder, and can be ascended.[8] Extending for about 16 km (10 mi) north from Gedser Odde, Falster's east coast is protected by a dyke. Submarine cables extending north-east, south-east, and south-south-east lie off Gedser Odde.[3]
See also
References
- ^ Rying, Bent (1981). Denmark: introduction, prehistory. The Royal Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. p. 6. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
- ISBN 978-1-74104-553-6. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-57785-759-4. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
- ^ "Gedser Odde", Den Store Danske. (in Danish) Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- ^ "Sydstenen", Den Store Danske. (in Danish) Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- ^ "Gedser Odde" Archived 2013-02-12 at archive.today, Geologiske lokaliteter. (in Danish) Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- ^ a b "Gedser Odde", Natur og fugle. (in Danish) Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- ISBN 978-0-395-73423-0. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
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