High servant sand

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High servant sand
Card with High Knechtsand
Card with High Knechtsand
Waters North Sea
Geographical location 53 ° 50 ′  N , 8 ° 22 ′  E Coordinates: 53 ° 50 ′  N , 8 ° 22 ′  E
Hoher Knechtsand (Lower Saxony)
High servant sand
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

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