Memmert
Memmertsand
53°38′N 6°53′E
0 sq mi). Memmert is uninhabited, with only one house on the island for wildlife-spotting purposes. Occasionally, some guests from the neighboring islands visit Memmert for recreation. Memmert is officially a wildlife protected area.
Terrain
53°38′N 6°53′E
Overview
Memmert (German pronunciation: [ˈmɛmɐt] ) is a small East Frisian island off the northern coast of Germany, with an area of 5.2 square kilometres (2.0 sq mi). Memmert is uninhabited, with only one house on the island for wildlife-spotting purposes. Occasionally, some guests from the neighboring islands visit Memmert for recreation. Memmert is officially a wildlife protected area. The island plays an important role in Erskine Childers's novel, The Riddle of the Sands (1903).
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Nearest islands
Also in East Frisian Islands
Borkum
34.7 km²▲ 24 m
Major islands
Norderney
27.9 km²▲ 20 m
Major islands
Langeoog
19.8 km²▲ 20 m
Major islands
Spiekeroog
18.1 km²▲ 24 m
Major islands
Juist
14.7 km²▲ 23 m
Major islands
Wangerooge
8.6 km²▲ 17 m
Major islands
Baltrum
6.6 km²▲ 19 m
Minor islands
Mellum
4.7 km²▲ 6 m
Minor islands
Also in Frisian Islands
Texel
159 km²▲ 24 m
Major islands
Rømø
129 km²▲ 3 m
Major islands
Terschelling
85.2 km²▲ 31 m
Major islands
Föhr
82.8 km²▲ 11 m
Major islands
Fanø
60.7 km²▲ 21 m
Major islands
Ameland
57.4 km²▲ 24 m
Major islands
Sylt
57.3 km²▲ 53 m
Major islands
Schiermonnikoog
43.7 km²▲ 20 m
Major islands
Photographs
Aerial image of Memmert (view from the south)
Billriff Insel Juist, am Horizont Vogelschutzinssel Memmert
Küstenlinie der Vogelschutzinsel Memmert
Küstenlinie der Vogelschutzinsel Memmert
Blick Richtung Südosten auf Seegattbereich (tiefe Strömungsrinne, durch Erosion aufgrund der Gezeiten entstanden). Westlich Juist mit Platenbildung (Schlick- und Sandbänke). Im Bild die Vogelinsel Memmert
Some West Frisian Islands (Netherlands) and some East Frisian Islands (Germany), from left to right: Rottumerplaat, Rottumeroog (top) with Zuiderduintjes (below), Borkum, Kachelotplate, Juist (top) and Lütje Hörn (below), Memmert
1930 gefertigte Aufnahme des Fotografen Wilhelm Pietzsch auf der Insel Memmert zum Thema Student Ernst Schäfer mit Seehund.
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Photographs
- Aerial image of Memmert (view from the south). Carsten Steger / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Billriff Juist (1). Hajotthu / CC BY-SA 3.0
- Memmert Vogelschutzinsel–201906 01. Hajotthu / CC BY-SA 3.0
- Memmert Vogelschutzinsel–201906 02. Hajotthu / CC BY-SA 3.0
- Memmert Leuchtturm 1996. Historisches Bildarchiv der Bundeswasserstraßen (dort angegebene Quelle: Bundesanstalt für Wasserbau Karlsruhe) / CC BY 4.0
- Seegattbereich westlich Insel Juist 1980 HBdia00429. Hovers / CC BY 4.0
- Memmert view. Marvin 101 / CC BY-SA 3.0
- Borkum 6.72782E 53.59398N. – (NASA World Wind) / Public domain
- 1930 Wilhelm Pietzsch Fotografie Student Ernst Schäfer mit Seehund auf der Insel Memmert, Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum Hannover. Wilhelm Pietzsch / CC BY 4.0
- Juist2. NASA / Public domain