Bosch (island) explained

Bosch
Coordinates:53.5097°N 6.3939°W
Archipelago:(West) Frisian Islands
Waterbody:North Sea, Wadden Sea
Country:Netherlands

Bosch (in Dutch; Flemish pronounced as /bɔs/) was a West Frisian island in the Wadden Sea. It was situated off the coast of present-day Groningen in the Netherlands, between the islands of Schiermonnikoog and Rottumeroog.[1]

Between 1400 and 1570 CE, the island Monnikenlangenoog had split into the islands Bosch and Rottumeroog.[2] Bosch disappeared in the Christmas Flood of 1717.[1] A shoal named Boschplaat was the remnant of the island, which merged into Rottumerplaat in 1959.

Notes and References

  1. Ellis Ellenbroek, "Bosch, vergeten Waddeneiland", Trouw, 2006. Retrieved on 2 May 2014.
  2. "Verzonken waddeneiland Moenkenlangenoe ontdekt ", Dagblad van het Noorden, 2012. Retrieved on 25 January 2015.