Heligoland Bight
The Heligoland Bight is a German Bay of the North Sea to the 56 m deep southeast part of the German Bight, which lies in Central Europe before the Danish- German - Dutch coast near Helgoland. In addition to their actual sea area of the bay contains large parts of the German Wadden Sea with sandbars, high sands and islands.
Geographical location and boundaries
The Heligoland Bight spreads in the east on the south-east to the south of the island of Helgoland marine areas located in the southeast part of the German Bight. Thus, this secluded island is its northwestern border region with its neighboring island dune.
From Helgoland their northern boundary runs east to the Schleswig-Holstein coast of Dithmar region. From the local North Frisian peninsula eiderstedt she turns to her Ostabgrenzung southward past the Eider estuary and Meldorfer Bay to south at Brunsbuttel nearby estuary of the Elbe estuary to the south-western end of the Kiel Canal. In coastal marine areas along the Ostabgrenzung the bay lies the southern part of the National Park Schleswig -Holstein Wadden Sea with the island Trischen and the sandbar Tertius, which are upstream of the Meldorfer cove west, and the north of it lying high sand Blauort which the eiderstedt peninsula is upstream.
Beyond or south of the Elbe estuary the southeast boundary of the Heligoland Bight extends westward along the coast of Lower Saxony in the country Hadeln to Cuxhaven. From there it turns south along the coast of the country sausages with a small sub-area of the National Park Lower Saxon Wadden Sea and the adjoining National Park Wadden Sea of Hamburg. In the latter National Park or the Wadden Sea area Neuwerk Island lies with its neighboring islands Scharhörn and Nigehörn. Then, the East High definition Knechtsand still runs along the coast of the country sausages in coastal area, other areas of the National Park Lower Saxon Wadden Sea control there sandbank further south to the estuary of the Weser near Bremerhaven.
Beyond and to the west of the Weser estuary Südabgrenzung the Heligoland Bight extends westward along the coast of Lower Saxony short section of Butjadingen to Außenjade, the leading northward from the fed especially by the Jade Jade Bay and Jadefahrwasser mentioned waterway. The sea area north of this coastal stretch in which the island is Mellum, also belongs to the National Park Wadden Sea.
Beyond and west respectively Außenjade runs its West boundary northward along the coast of Lower Saxony short section of Jeverland to Cape Schillighörn the village Schillig. Thereafter, she leads northward to the East Frisian Islands with the island Minsener Oog and the north-west of the island Wangerooge located east off-shore; south of the island chain lies the Lower Saxon coast of East Frisia. The sea area in front of this stretch of coast also part of the National Park Wadden Sea. The rest of the western boundary of the bay leads northward through the North Sea to Helgoland.
In Helgoland's pool, a south-west directly ahead Helgoland basin, the Heligoland Bight is deep to 56 m.
Shipping
Through the Heligoland Bight leads in East-West direction one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world, that of Hamburg and the Elbe estuary passing Cuxhaven and Neuwerk and then continue through the North Sea to the Straits of Dover and then to continue through the English Channel Atlantic leads.
Reserves
In the Heligoland Bight, and many conservation areas: nature reserves, such as the Heligoland rock base, the red sand and the coastal sea off the East Frisian Islands, as well as the National Park Schleswig -Holstein Wadden Sea ( east), Hamburg Wadden Sea (southeast) and Lower Saxony Wadden Sea ( southeast and south ).
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- Bight (North Sea )
- Bay in Europe
- Bay in Lower Saxony
- Bay in Schleswig -Holstein
- Waters in the district of Pinneberg