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An extensive offshore sand bar field in the western Baltic Sea

Created 12/02/2026

Updated 12/02/2026

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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
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/8bed581c-b4a8-4191-ab90-0845e5b1d9e5
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Australian Ocean Data Network
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Reference Period 20/04/2018
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This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "An extensive offshore sand bar field in the western Baltic Sea". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/an-extensive-offshore-sand-bar-field-in-the-western-baltic-sea5