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Archipelago

    Trischen

    54°04′N 8°41′E

    5 miles) from the Trischendamm embankment. The island belongs to the municipality of Friedrichskoog and is only occupied from March to October by a bird warden from the Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union or NABU. Otherwise it is out-of-bounds.

    Fotoflug über das nordfriesische Wattenmeer
    Fotoflug über das nordfriesische Wattenmeer

    Ralf Roletschek / CC BY-SA 3.0

    Terrain

    54°04′N 8°41′E

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    Overview

    Trischen (German pronunciation: [ˈtʁɪʃn̩] ) is an uninhabited island in the Meldorf Bay, about 14 kilometres (8.7 miles) off the North Sea coast of Dithmarschen in north Germany – about 12 kilometres (7.5 miles) from the Trischendamm embankment. The island belongs to the municipality of Friedrichskoog and is only occupied from March to October by a bird warden from the Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union or NABU. Otherwise it is out-of-bounds. Trischen originated about 400 years ago and moves about 3 metres per month (10 feet) towards Büsum on the mainland. Trischen is visited by birds as a breeding and resting area. Up to 100,000 birds of some species, such as the shelduck, knot or dunlin, occur on the island and in the nearby Wadden Sea. Since 1985 it has been part of the core zone of the Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park.

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    Nearest islands

    Also in Heligoland Bight

    • Neuwerk

      3 km²▲ 15 m

      Major islands

    • Nigehörn

      2 km²▲ 5 m

      Major islands

    • Scharhörn

      1.4 km²▲ 5 m

      Major islands

    • Düne

      0.63 km²▲ 13 m

      Major islands

    • Blauort

      0.4 km²▲ 2 m

      Major islands

    • Heligoland

      1.1 km²▲ 61 m

      Minor islands

    • Langlütjen I

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      Minor islands

    • North Frisian Barrier Island

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      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

    Sources

    Facts

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

    Photographs