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