Native name: Riems | |
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Geography | |
Location | Baltic Sea |
Coordinates | 54°11′00″N 13°22′00″E / 54.18333°N 13.36667°E |
Total islands | 1 |
Length | 300 m (1000 ft) |
Width | 1,250 m (4100 ft) |
Administration | |
Riems is an island in the southwestern part of the Bay of Greifswald, a broad, shallow embayment of the Baltic Sea between the German mainland and the island of Rügen. Riems belongs administratively to the urban district of Greifswald, but is an exclave. Riemserort is municipally part of Riems, but lies opposite the island on the mainland.