Heligoland
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Heligoland is a small German group of islands in the North Sea.
It was formerly Danish and then British. The islands in the southeastern corner of the North Sea have a population of 1,650. They are the only German islands not nearby to the mainland and are about two hours' sailing time from Cuxhaven at the mouth of the River Elbe.
[change] Geography
Heligoland is located 70 km (44 miles) from the German coast line and actually consists of two islands: the populated triangular-shaped 1 km² (0.4 sq mi) main island (Hauptinsel) to the west and the Düne ("dune," Heligolandic: de Halem) to the east. While the former is what the place name "Heligoland" normally is used to refer to, the latter is somewhat smaller (0.7 km²), lower, surrounded by sand beaches and not permanently inhabited.
[change] Other websites
- Heligoland Tourist Board — includes an aerial photograph of Heligoland (front) and Düne (back).
- Site about planting palms on Heligoland
- Heligoland Web Cams
