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The North Frisian Islands (Öömrang and Fering North Frisian: ... There are four larger islands and ten tiny islets. The names of the large islands are Sylt, Föhr, ...
North Frisia (/ ˈ f r iː ʒ ə /; German: Nordfriesland; North Frisian: Nordfraschlönj; Danish: Nordfrisland, Low German: Noordfreesland) is the northernmost portion of Frisia, located in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, between the rivers Eider and Wiedau. It also includes the North Frisian Islands and Heligoland.
The islands shield the mudflat region of the Wadden Sea (large parts of which fall dry during low tide) from the North Sea. The Frisian Islands, along with the mainland coast in the German Bight, form the region of Frisia (German and Dutch: Friesland), homeland of the Frisian people.
Marshland in Eiderstedt, typical of the North Frisian coast Horsecart coming from a Hallig island in the mudflat at low tide. Nordfriesland (German pronunciation: [nɔʁtˈfʁiːslant] ⓘ; Danish: Nordfrisland; North Frisian: Nordfraschlönj [nɔʀdˈfʀaʃlœɲ] Low German: Noordfreesland), also known as North Frisia, is the northernmost district of Germany, part of the state of Schleswig ...
They are variously pluralized in English as the Halligen, Halligs, Hallig islands, or Halligen islands. There are ten German halligen in the North Frisian Islands on Schleswig-Holstein's Wadden Sea–North Sea coast in the district of Nordfriesland [2] and one remaining hallig at the west coast of Denmark .
Satellite image of Sylt Map of Sylt (North Frisian, German and Danish place names) With 99.14 square kilometres (38.28 square miles), Sylt is the fourth-largest German island and the largest German island in the North Sea. Sylt is located from 9 to 16 kilometres (6–10 miles) off the mainland, to which it is connected by the Hindenburgdamm.
Map of Amrum (North Frisian, German and Danish place names) The Kniepsand beach Amrum lighthouse. Amrum's area measures 20.4 km 2, [2] making it the tenth-largest island of Germany (excluding Usedom which is partly Polish territory). [3] Including the large Kniepsand beach on the western shore to the surface area results in a total area of c ...
Föhr (German pronunciation: ⓘ; Fering North Frisian: Feer; Danish: Før) is one of the North Frisian Islands on the German coast of the North Sea. It is part of the Nordfriesland district in the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein. Föhr is the second-largest North Sea island of Germany and a popular destination for tourists.