Amrumbank
Coordinates: 54 ° 36 ' N , 8 ° 0' E
The Amrumbank is a sandy shoal off the west coast of Schleswig-Holstein , about eleven nautical miles west of Amrum .
General
The Amrumbank has a water depth of less than 10 meters and extends over a total of 12 nautical miles in a south-south-west direction. It is divided into two parts by an 11 m deep passage. The shallowest water depth in the middle of the southwestern part is 6.7 m. The surrounding seabed drops only very gradually from the Amrumbank.
From 1908 to 1939 a lightship was stationed on the southwest side of the Amrumbank, at position 54 ° 34 'N 7 ° 53' E. The Amrumbank I , a steamship with reserve sails, was replaced by the Amrumbank II in 1919 . At the beginning of the Second World War , the lightship was drafted. Today the shoal is designated by cardinal barrels.
In addition to the two lightships, a navigation ship that was put into service in 2011 also bears the name of the shoal.
About ten nautical miles to the southwest, the Amrumbank West offshore wind farm is being built in deeper water .
Individual evidence
- ^ Hydrographic Office of the Admiralty: Sailing instructions for the German North Sea coast from Juvre Tief to the Eider . ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1882, p. 5 .
- ↑ Lightship "Amrumbank I". (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on November 14, 2011 ; accessed on December 1, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Naming Amrumbank. Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsamt Tönning , accessed on December 1, 2014 .
