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Jordsand
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thumb|200px|Sentinel-2 image of Jordsand Jordsand () was a small Danish hallig located in the Wadden Sea southeast of the Danish island Rømø and east of the German island Sylt. The island was first known by the name Hiortsand ("hart island") and was possibly connected to both the mainland and the island of Sylt. The old name refers to the presence of deer on the island.

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Vinony's link graph records 80 inbound references to Jordsand, and connects out to Halligen, Germany and Netherlands.

The entry is geolocated on the map in isle, across 2 mapped points.

It is catalogued under topics including Former islands of Denmark, Former populated places in Denmark and Halligen.

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thumb|200px|Sentinel-2 image of Jordsand Jordsand () was a small Danish hallig located in the Wadden Sea southeast of the Danish island Rømø and east of the German island Sylt. The island was first known by the name Hiortsand ("hart island") and was possibly connected to both the mainland and the island of Sylt. The old name refers to the presence of deer on the island.

Records from 1231 describe the island as having a size equivalent of 20 km2 (7.7 square miles). It contained numerous terps. The island was destroyed in a series of storm tides. Its size was described in 1807 and 1873 as 40.7 and 18.4 hectares respectively. In 1895, a storm destroyed the last terp and the island was abandoned and became a bird sanctuary. Attempts to protect it from the recurring floods were made in the 1970s but with limited success since the island remained unprotected by a dyke. The island's size ultimately shrank to 2.3 hectares and the uninhabited island was finally destroyed in a flood during the winter of 1998/99. By 1999 all vegetation on the former island had disappeared, and the Danish Nature Agency removed its observational hut from the flooded area. In 1999, the island was officially registered as disappeared.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jordsand” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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