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Rottumerplaat

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Rottumerplaat () is one of the three islands that make up Rottum in the West Frisian Islands. The island is located in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. It is situated between the shoal Simonszand and the island Rottumeroog. Rottumerplaat started as a shoal in the 1830s. It continued to grow into an island after 1950, when a stuifdijk, a wind-blown dike, was constructed by Rijkswaterstaat, because there were plans to use Rottumerplaat as a work island for the reclamation of the Wadden Sea.

Key facts

Islands.name
Rottumerplaat
Islands.image_name
Rottumerplaat vanuit zee - observatietoren.JPG
Islands.image_size
250px
Islands.image_caption
Observation post at Rottumerplaat
Islands.map_image
Wadden - Rottumerplaat.PNG
Islands.map_caption
Location of Rottumerplaat in the Wadden Sea
Islands.archipelago
(West) Frisian Islands
Islands.waterbody
North Sea, Wadden Sea
Islands.area_km2
6-7
Islands.country
Netherlands
Islands.country_admin_divisions_title
Province
Islands.country_admin_divisions
Groningen
Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_1
Municipality
Islands.country_admin_divisions_1
Het Hogeland
Islands.population
Uninhabited

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
island
Part of
West Frisian Islands
Country
Netherlands
Located in
Het Hogeland
Population
0
Area
7.82
Body of water
North Sea
Image
Gezicht op Rottumerplaat vanuit observatietoren.png
Width
2
Length
3
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Commons category
Rottumerplaat
located in/on physical feature
Wadden Sea
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Fauna
  • Godfried Bomans and Jan Wolkers
  • References
  • External links

Rottumerplaat () is one of the three islands that make up Rottum in the West Frisian Islands. The island is located in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. It is situated between the shoal Simonszand and the island Rottumeroog. Rottumerplaat started as a shoal in the 1830s. It continued to grow into an island after 1950, when a stuifdijk, a wind-blown dike, was constructed by Rijkswaterstaat, because there were plans to use Rottumerplaat as a work island for the reclamation of the Wadden Sea.

In 1959, the Boschplaat merged with Rottumerplaat. Sediment deposition has caused the island to become significantly larger in recent years. Access to the island is prohibited since Rottumerplaat is a resting and forage area for numerous bird species. Rijkswaterstaat and Staatsbosbeheer are responsible for the administration of the island. Rottumerplaat is the northernmost point of the Netherlands.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rottumerplaat” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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