Baltrum is an island near the coast of East Frisia, Germany. It is located in the middle of the island chain of the East Frisian Islands and is the second smallest permanently-inhabited island in the chain. The island has its own ferry terminal and a small airport. The island covers an area of 6.5 km² and has a population of over 550 people. East Frisia (Ostfriesland) is a coastal region in the northwest of the German federal state of Lower Saxony. ... The East Frisian Islands (German: Ostfriesische Inseln) are a chain of islands in the North Sea, off the coast of Lower Saxony, Germany. ... The Pride of Burgundy, a P&O Ferries car ferry on the Dover-Calais route A ferry is a boat or a ship carrying passengers, and sometimes their vehicles, on scheduled services. ...
The East Frisian Islands (German: Ostfriesische Inseln) are a chain of islands in the North Sea, off the coast of Lower Saxony, Germany.
The seven inhabited islands are, from west to east: Borkum, Juist, Norderney, Baltrum, Langeoog, Spiekeroog and Wangerooge.
Borkum belongs to the district of Leer; Juist, Norderney and Baltrum are parts of Aurich; Langeoog and Spiekeroog belong to Wittmund (in the near of Dose); and Wangerooge is part of Friesland.
Already in the Stone Age amber was quite a popular material: The many prehistoric findings, particularly the one in Schwarzort (Lithuania nowadays), the Roman work places in Aquileja and the famous amber streets in the Middle Ages are proof of the fact that amber was highly appreciated during the Classical Antiquity.
We know that the continental shelf, on which Baltrum was located in 1650, stretched out into the present territory of the island Norderney.
Storm floods that took place before the beginning of the 19th century caused the fact that Baltrum has been pushed of the continental shelf.
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