Jordsand
Jordsand (
hallig located in the Wadden Sea southeast of the Danish island Rømø and east of the German island Sylt. The island was first known by the name Hiortsand ("hart island") and was possibly connected to both the mainland and the island of Sylt. The old name refers to the presence of deer
on the island.
Records from 1231 describe the island as having a size equivalent of 20 km2 (7.7 square miles). It contained numerous
dyke. The island's size ultimately shrunk to 2.3 hectares and the uninhabited island was finally destroyed in a flood during the winter of 1998/99. By 1999 all vegetation on the former island had disappeared, and the Danish Nature Agency removed its observational hut from the flooded area.[1] In 1999, the island was officially registered as disappeared.[2]
The area is now a
. Højsande denotes a sandbank that is only flooded during exceptionally high waters.Its name lives on in the name of one of Germany's oldest environmental organizations, Verein Jordsand established in 1907.
Sources
- ^ Jordsand Grænseforeningen
- ^ Jordsand JydskeVestkysten, 7 July 2017.
- Den Store Danske
- Palle Uhd Jepsen: Wattenmeerbilder. Vardemuseum 2000
55°1′32″N 8°34′14″E / 55.02556°N 8.57056°E
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