German Bight
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The German Bight (
Frisian and Danish Islands. The Wadden Sea is approximately ten to twelve kilometres wide at the location of the German Bight.[1] The Frisian islands and the nearby coastal areas are collectively known as Frisia. The southern portion of the bight is also known as the Heligoland Bight. Between 1949 and 1956 the BBC Sea Area Forecast (Shipping Forecast) used "Heligoland
" as the designation for the area now referred to as German Bight.
Use
The German Bight contains some of Germany's largest national parks by area, the aim of which is to protect the
phasing out nuclear energy and plans to phase out all fossil fuels thereafter leaving few dispatchable electricity sources
.
Traffic
The German Bight has also played an important role as a shipping lane since medieval times with the approach to the
Halligen also have railway connections to the mainland but in some cases those are only usable at low tide. Those lines are the Dagebüll–Oland–Langeneß island railway and the Lüttmoorsiel-Nordstrandischmoor island railway. While there is no scheduled traffic, island residents can use their own (usually self-built) rail vehicles. In the past those were sail bogeys, but nowadays most are diesel driven draisines
with battery-electric railcars increasingly gaining ground. The rail lines are also used by the government for coastal protection work and to transport goods and personnel.
See also
54°27′14″N 7°12′50″E / 54.45389°N 7.21389°E
References
- ^ Hogan, C. Michael (2011). "Wadden Sea". In Saundry, P.; Cleveland, C. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Earth. Washington, D.C.: National Council for Science and the Environment.
Further reading
- George Drower (2011). Heligoland: The True Story of German Bight. The History Press.
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