Norderoog

Norderoog
Native name:
Noorderuug
Norderoog as seen from Hooge island
Map
Geography
LocationWadden Sea
Coordinates54°32′N 8°30′E / 54.533°N 8.500°E / 54.533; 8.500
ArchipelagoNorth Frisian Islands
Area9 ha (22 acres)
Length640 m (2100 ft)
Width210 m (690 ft)
Highest elevation1 m (3 ft)
Administration
Germany
StateSchleswig-Holstein
DistrictNordfriesland
Demographics
Populationunpopulated

Norderoog (Halligen Frisian: Noorderuug, Danish: Nørreog) is one of the ten German halligen islands of the North Frisian Islands in the Wadden Sea, which is part of the North Sea off the coast of Germany. A part of Hooge municipality, the island belongs to the Nordfriesland district.[1]

It is only temporarily inhabited by a bird warden from March to October. The refuge hut at the northeastern end is called Jens Wand Hütte, named after the warden Jens Sorensen Wand, which is built on stilts to protect it from flooding. A former terp had been washed away. It has been the site of several ecological studies.

  1. ^ "Gemeinden im Amtsbezirk des Katasteramtes Nordfriesland" [Municipalities in the administrative district of the Nordfriesland land registry office] (in German). Government of Schleswig-Holstein. Archived from the original on May 8, 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)