Rottumerplaat
53°32′N 6°29′E
Rottumerplaat (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌrɔtʏmərˈplaːt]) is one of the three islands that make up Rottum in the West Frisian Islands. The island is located in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. It is situated between the shoal Simonszand and the island Rottumeroog. Rottumerplaat started as a shoal in the 1830s.
Terrain
53°32′N 6°29′E
Overview
Rottumerplaat (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌrɔtʏmərˈplaːt]) is one of the three islands that make up Rottum in the West Frisian Islands. The island is located in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. It is situated between the shoal Simonszand and the island Rottumeroog. Rottumerplaat started as a shoal in the 1830s. It continued to grow into an island after 1950, when a stuifdijk, a wind-blown dike, was constructed by Rijkswaterstaat, because there were plans to use Rottumerplaat as a work island for the reclamation of the Wadden Sea. In 1959, the Boschplaat merged with Rottumerplaat. Sediment deposition has caused the island to become significantly larger in recent years. Access to the island is prohibited since Rottumerplaat is a resting and forage area for numerous bird species. Rijkswaterstaat and Staatsbosbeheer are responsible for the administration of the island. Rottumerplaat is the northernmost point of the Netherlands.
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Nearest islands
- Schiermonnikoog21 km
- Rif30 km
- Ameland55 km
- Terschelling86 km
- Richel93 km
- Vlieland109 km
Also in West Frisian Islands
Texel
159 km²▲ 24 m
Major islands
Terschelling
85.2 km²▲ 31 m
Major islands
Ameland
57.4 km²▲ 24 m
Major islands
Schiermonnikoog
43.7 km²▲ 20 m
Major islands
Vlieland
38.8 km²▲ 45 m
Major islands
Noorderhaaks
4.9 km²▲ 2 m
Minor islands
Richel
3.4 km²▲ 5 m
Minor islands
Rif
2.8 km²▲ 4 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 Rottumerplaat (view from the southwest)
Unbewohnte, westfriesische Düneninsel im Wattenmeer als Sandbank entstanden. Heute Vogelschutzgebiet mit Unterkunft für Vogelwarte, gehört zu Niederlande.
Waddeneilanden ter hoogte van Borkum.
Waddeneilanden ter hoogte van Schiermonnikoog.
Some West Frisian Islands (Netherlands) and some East Frisian Islands (Germany), from left to right: part of Schiermonnikoog, Simonszand, Rottumerplaat, Rottumeroog (north) with Zuiderduintjes (south) and part of Borkum.
Unbewohnte Westfriesische Düneninsel im Wattenmeer, zu Niederlande gehörend. Ursprünglich etwa 1833 als Sandbank entstanden, heute etwa 3 km lang.
View on the Dutch Wadden-island "Rottumerplaat" from the obsevation tower on the island.
Sources
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Photographs
- Aerial image of Rottumerplaat (view from the southwest). Carsten Steger / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Rottumerplaat - Nordsee 2000-04-26 HB02860. Franzius / CC BY 4.0
- Rottumerplaat vanuit zee - observatietoren. Sphinx / CC BY-SA 3.0
- Waddeneilanden 2. Ad Meskens / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Waddeneilanden 1. Ad Meskens / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Rottumeroog Rottumerplaat 6.53663E 53.54001N. – (NASA World Wind) / Public domain
- Rottumerplaat - Nordsee 2000-04-26 HB02859. Franzius / CC BY 4.0
- Gezicht op Rottumerplaat vanuit observatietoren. Sphinx / CC BY-SA 3.0