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    North SeaGermany and Denmark

    54°40′N 8°27′E

    North Frisian Islands

    Nordfriesische Inseln

    Part of Frisian Islands

    The North Frisian Islands are the Frisian Islands off the coast of North Frisia.

    Photo flight over the North Frisian Wadden Sea, view from SSW (200 °), 1 km altitude and 4 km distance to Sylt
    Photo flight over the North Frisian Wadden Sea, view from SSW (200 °), 1 km altitude and 4 km distance to Sylt

    Ralf Roletschek / CC BY-SA 3.0

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    21 landforms

    Overview

    The North Frisian Islands are the Frisian Islands off the coast of North Frisia. The term covers both the North Frisian Islands in the narrow sense (in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany) and the Danish Wadden Sea Islands (in Denmark). However, culturally and linguistically, the Danish islands are usually not reckoned as being part of North Frisia, since they are not inhabited by native speakers of the North Frisian language. Occasionally, the remote island of Heligoland is also included in this group for reasons of administrative convenience, despite not being located in the Wadden Sea, since the island is home to its own unique dialect of Frisian.

    From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

    Census, cataloged

    • Major islands3
    • Minor islands15
    • Islets3
    • Rocks & skerries0

    Major islands

    3
    • Föhr

      Föhr

      Area
      82.8 km²
      High point
      11 m

      Föhr (German pronunciation: [føːɐ̯] ; Fering North Frisian: Feer; Danish: Før) is one of the North Frisian Islands on the German coast of the North Sea. It is part of the Nordfriesland district in the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein.

    • Amrum

      Amrum

      Area
      27.9 km²
      High point
      32 m

      Amrum (German pronunciation: [ˈamʁʊm] ; Öömrang North Frisian: Oomram) is one of the North Frisian Islands on the German North Sea coast, south of Sylt and west of Föhr. It is part of the Nordfriesland district in the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein and has approximately 2,300 inhabitants.

    • Sylt

      Area
      57.3 km²
      High point
      53 m

      Sylt (German pronunciation: [zʏlt] ; Danish: Sild; Söl'ring North Frisian: Söl) is an island in northern Germany, part of Nordfriesland district, Schleswig-Holstein, with a distinctively shaped shoreline. It belongs to the North Frisian Islands and is the largest island in North Frisia.

    Minor islands

    15

    Islets

    3

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    Comparative heights

    Sea level20 m40 m60 m53 mSylt32 mAmrum16 mPellworm11 mFöhr8 mHooge7 mLangeneß7 mOland7 mNordstrandischmoor5 mGröde5 mSüderoog5 mSüdfall5 mHabel4 mUthörn2 mSüderoogsand
    High points by island, metres above sea level.

    Islands by area

    0.010.1110100Föhr: 82.8 km²FöhrSylt: 57.3 km²SyltPellworm: 37.6 km²PellwormAmrum: 27.9 km²AmrumSüderoogsand: 14.6 km²SüderoogsandLangeneß: 10.2 km²LangeneßNorderoogsand: 9.4 km²NorderoogsandHooge: 5.7 km²HoogeJapsand: 4 km²JapsandOland: 2.1 km²OlandGröde: 2 km²GrödeNordstrandischmoor: 1.6 km²NordstrandischmoorHamburger Hallig: 1.1 km²Hamburger HalligSüderoog: 0.66 km²SüderoogJungnamensand: 0.49 km²JungnamensandSüdfall: 0.41 km²SüdfallUthörn: 0.15 km²UthörnNorderoog: 0.09 km²NorderoogHabel: 0.07 km²HabelKormoraninsel: 0.05 km²Kormoraninsel
    km², log scale. 1 without a known area.
    Föhr82.8 km²
    Sylt57.3 km²
    Pellworm37.6 km²
    Amrum27.9 km²
    Süderoogsand14.6 km²
    Langeneß10.2 km²
    Norderoogsand9.4 km²
    Hooge5.7 km²
    Japsand4 km²
    Oland2.1 km²
    Gröde2 km²
    Nordstrandischmoor1.6 km²
    Hamburger Hallig1.1 km²
    Süderoog0.66 km²
    Jungnamensand0.49 km²
    Südfall0.41 km²
    Uthörn0.15 km²
    Norderoog0.09 km²
    Habel0.07 km²
    Kormoraninsel0.05 km²

    Groups within

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    Sources

    Facts

    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
    • Wikidata
    • Talus
    • Wikipedia

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