Hoburg Shoal, also called Hoburgs bank, is a shallow area of the Baltic Sea on the southern Gotland shelf, south of Hoburgen off the southern tip of Gotland, Sweden, with water depths ranging from about 15 to 40 metres across its northern and southern sections. It is protected as a bird reserve of roughly 1,226 square kilometres, classified as a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive and included in the Natura 2000 network for its importance to seabirds.
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1. Hoburg Shoal (Wikipedia)
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Hoburg Shoal, also known as Hoburgs bank, is a shoal located in the Baltic Sea, in the southern zone of the Gotland shelf, south of Hoburgen.
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Hoburg Shoal, also known as Hoburgs bank, is a shoal located in the Baltic Sea, in the southern zone of the Gotland shelf, south of Hoburgen.
View the Source2. Wikidata: Hoburg Shoal
- Wikidata Q9394097, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Wikidata Q9394097 P31 instance-of
- Part Of: Sweden, Wikidata item, property P17 (country)
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