High servant sand
High servant sand | ||
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Card with High Knechtsand | ||
Waters | North Sea | |
Geographical location | 53 ° 50 ′ N , 8 ° 22 ′ E | |
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Residents | uninhabited |
Hoher Knechtsand is a high sand in the center of the Knechtsände , an extensive sandbank area in front of the Weser and Elbe estuaries in the eastern Wadden Sea of Lower Saxony . It is located between the island of Mellum, about 16 km southwest, and the island of Neuwerk, 11 km to the northeast .
literature
- Hans-Erich Reineck, Friedrich Wunderlich: The sand bank islands Wittsand, Scharhörn and Hoher Knechtsand . In: Natur und Museum , Vol. 125 (1995), pp. 201-214, ISSN 0028-1301
- Klaus Rieger: Topography and geomorphology of the "tower island" on the Hohen Knechtsand (NSG Hoher Knechtsand) . In: Contributions to the natural history of Lower Saxony , Vol. 32 (1979), Issue 4, pp. 97-105, ISSN 0340-4277
Web links
- Bomb target (PDF; 320 kB)