Weidenschwanz

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Weidenschwanz
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Geography
LocationBaltic Sea
Coordinates53°58′57″N 11°29′28″E / 53.982605°N 11.491108°E / 53.982605; 11.491108
Area0.0004 km2 (0.00015 sq mi)
Length0.042 km (0.0261 mi)
Width0.017 km (0.0106 mi)
Administration
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Demographics
Population0

Weidenschwanz (also Große Weidenschwanzinsel

Breitling between the Mecklenburg mainland and the island of Poel. It belongs to the municipality of Blowatz
.

The flat bodden island is approximately 42 metres long and up to 17 metres wide. It is located 370 metres from the mainland and 700 metres from Poel. About 115 metres north is the Kleine Weidenschwanzinsel.

The Weidenschwanz was used as pasture until the mid-1970s, but since then it has become a habitat for breeding birds. A homogeneously developed

sea wormwood (Artemisia maritima).[1]

Weidenschwanz is part of the

Wismar Bay Special Area of Conservation and the bird reserve of "Wismar Bay and Salzhaff".[2]

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