An extensive offshore sand bar field in the western Baltic Sea

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Created 13/01/2025

Updated 13/01/2025

In the breaker zone in southeastern Gelting Bay, east of Flensburg in north Germany, a field of up to 20 parallel relatively small-scale offshore sand bars has developed. The bars, ~lhich consist of fine to medium grained sand derived from till, are flat and asymmetrical and their steeper sides generally face the shore. Crests are as much as 1000 m long; Vlavelengths vary from 7 m inshore to 70 offshore, and heights correspondingly from 5 to 70 cm. The bars are fonned by waves driven by northwesterly tvinds, and are probably destroyed during severe storms and rebuilt as they wane.

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Title An extensive offshore sand bar field in the western Baltic Sea
Language eng
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Landing Page https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/a08534ef-4067-407c-bc15-805475e58c67
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Reference Period 20/04/2018
Geospatial Coverage {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[9.0, 54.0], [11.0, 54.0], [11.0, 56.0], [9.0, 56.0], [9.0, 54.0]]]}
Data Portal data.gov.au