Adlergrund ()Rozporządzenie Ministra Administracji Publicznej z dnia 11 lutego 1949 r. o przywróceniu i ustaleniu nazw miejscowości in Monitor Polski, 1949; number 17, section 225, p. 5 , also known as Eagle’s Bench, is a shoal located in the Baltic Sea, at the SW end of the Rönnebank, Germany. It is the shallowest of the Baltic Sea banks, which is about 5 metres (15 ft) deep.
The shoal is a protected marine area with an extension of about 234 km2.BfN - Das Schutzgebiet Adlergrund
Geography It lies roughly 55 km to the ENE of Cape Arkona, the headland at the northern end of Rügen Island, and 60 km to the SSW of Bornholm. Geographically it is a SW extension of the Rönnebank that runs south of Bornholm.GoogleEarth The submerged shoal's shallowest point is about 5 meters deep at the time of the lowest astronomical tide.
History Since it comprises large shallow areas dangerous for navigation, Lightship Adlergrund —a lightvessel of the German Hydrographic Office, was anchored on the reef in the period 1884 – 1914 and again in 1922 – 1941.Dr Józef Pluciński: Latarniowce na Zatoce Pomorskiej
Currently the construction of two wind farms is planned on the Adlergrund Shoal under the name Wind Energy Network Rostock project.
See also List of shipwrecks in 1938 Lightvessels
References
External links Ostwind 1