Hoburg Shoal Explained

Hoburg Shoal
Other Name:Hoburgs bank
Settlement Type:Submerged bank
Coordinates:56.7833°N 28°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Sweden
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1:Gotland County
Subdivision Type2:Sea
Subdivision Name2:Baltic Sea
Subdivision Type3:Minimum depth
Subdivision Name3:10m (30feet)
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:1226.28
Population Density Km2:auto

Hoburg Shoal, also known as Hoburgs bank, is a shoal located in the Baltic Sea, in the southern zone of the Gotland shelf, south of Hoburgen.

The shoal is a bird reserve encompassing about 1226.28km2.[2]

Geography

It is a long shoal, comprising a northern and a southern section, that lies to the south of the Storsudret peninsula in Sundre socken on the southern tip of Gotland, Sweden.[3] [4] The submerged shoal's water depths range between about 15mand40mm (49feetand130feetm).[5]

History

, a pipeline is projected that may cross the area of the shoal.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Sailing Directions, Baltic Sea, p. 147
  2. Web site: Hoburgs bank – Protected Planet . 2016-09-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160914015503/http://www.protectedplanet.net/hoburgs-bank-special-protection-area-birds-directive . 2016-09-14 . dead .
  3. [Google Earth]
  4. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/11035896509448916 Geologiska Föreningen i Stockholm Förhandlingar Volume 87, 1965 – Issue 3; Nielsens grund och Hoburgs bank i östersjön
  5. Web site: MP Atlas; Hoburgs Bank Special Protection Areas (Birds Directive) . 2016-09-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160923072513/http://www.mpatlas.org/mpa/sites/5804/ . 2016-09-23 . dead .