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Rottumerplaat (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌrɔtɵmərˈplaːt]) 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.[1] Rottumerplaat started as a shoal in the 1830. 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.[1]

Rottumerplaat

Observation post at Rottumerplaat
Location of Rottumerplaat in the Wadden Sea
Geography
Coordinates	53°32′30″N 6°28′51″E
Archipelago	(West) Frisian Islands
Adjacent bodies of water	North Sea, Wadden Sea
Area	6–7[1] km2 (2.3–2.7 sq mi)
Administration
Netherlands
Province	Groningen
Municipality	Het Hogeland
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited[1]

In 1959, the Boschplaat merged with Rottumerplaat.[2] Sediment deposition has caused the island to become significantly larger in recent years.[1] Access to the island is prohibited since Rottumerplaat is a resting and forage area for numerous bird species.[1] Rijkswaterstaat and Staatsbosbeheer are responsible for the administration of the island.[3] Rottumerplaat is the northernmost point of the Netherlands.[4]

Fauna

Rottumerplaat is a resting and forage area for sanderling, dunlin and Kentish plovers. Common eider, common shelduck, Arctic tern, common tern, little tern, Kentish plover, and ringed plover nest on the island. From 1996 the Sandwich tern nested on Rottumerplaat, but has since stopped doing so.

Godfried Bomans and Jan Wolkers

In 1971 writers Jan Wolkers and Godfried Bomans each spent a week on the island. Their only connection with the outside world was a short daily radio relay with VARA radio presenter Willem Ruis, who stayed at a hotel in nearby Warffum.[5] The interviews were broadcast as a radio programme, Alone On An Island.[1] For Godfried Bomans, the stay on the island was a disaster; he could not cope with the noise the many seagulls made and he was troubled by loneliness. Jan Wolkers however experienced his stay on the island as an adventure and kept himself alive by catching shrimps and eel, and boiling sea sandwort. He also rescued a young seal. Both authors published a book about their stay on the island.[5]

References

External links

• Media related to Rottumerplaat at Wikimedia Commons

На других языках

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[de] Rottumerplaat

Die Rottumerplaat ist eine unbewohnte Düneninsel im niederländischen Wattenmeer. Die Westfriesische Insel gehörte zur Gemeinde Warffum, die am 1. Januar 1990 Teil der Gemeinde Eemsmond (seit 2019 Teil von Het Hogeland) in der Provinz Groningen wurde.

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- [en] Rottumerplaat

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[es] Rottumerplaat

Rottumerplaat es una de las islas Frisias occidentales. Está deshabitada y pertenece administrativamente al municipio de Eemsmond, en la provincia de Groninga, Países Bajos.

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[fr] Rottumerplaat

Rottumerplaat est une île côtière néerlandaise de la mer des Wadden. Elle fait partie des îles de la Frise Occidentale et est rattachée à la commune d'Het Hogeland. elle n'a pas d'habitation permanente.

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[it] Rottumerplaat

Rottumerplaat è un'isola dei Paesi Bassi situata tra il Mare dei Wadden ed il Mare del Nord. Fa parte della municipalità di Het Hogeland nella provincia della Groninga. Geograficamente l'isola fa parte dell'Arcipelago delle Isole Frisone Occidentali situata nell'estremo nord-est del paese. L'isola è l'estremità settentrionale dei Paesi Bassi ed è la più grande delle vicine isole di Rottumeroog e Zuiderduintjes.

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[ru] Роттюмерплат

Роттюмерплат (нидерл. Rottumerplaat) — остров в составе Западно-Фризских островов.

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