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Hoburg Shoal

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Sea
  
Baltic Sea

Minimum depth
  
10 m (33 ft)

Country
  
Sweden

Area
  
1,226 km²

Hoburg Shoal

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.

Contents

The shoal is a bird reserve encompassing about 1,226.28 km2 (473.47 sq mi).

Geography

It is a long shoal, comprising a northern and a southern section, that lies to the south of the Storsudret peninsula in Sundre socken on the southern tip of Gotland, Sweden. The submerged shoal's water depths range between about 15 and 40 metres (49 and 131 ft).

History

As of 2016, a pipeline is projected that may cross the area of the shoal.

References

Hoburg Shoal Wikipedia