FRISIANISLANDS, a chain of islands, lying from 3 to 20 M. from the mainland, and stretching from the Zuider Zee E. and N. as far as Jutland, along the coasts of Holland and Germany.
The chain of the FrisianIslands marks the outer fringe of the former continental coast-line, and is separated from the mainland by shallows, known as Wadden or Watten, answering to the maria vadosa of the Romans.
The WestFrisianIslands belong to the kingdom of the Netherlands, and embrace Texel or Tessel (71 sq.