Nigehörn

Nigehörn () is an uninhabited artificial island in the North Sea belonging to the German city of Hamburg.

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Island.name: Nigehörn
Island.image_name: 11-09-04-fotoflug-nordsee-by-RalfR-027.jpg
Island.image_caption: Aerial photograph of Nigehörn
Island.location: North Sea, Wadden Sea, Elbe mouth
Island.area_ha: 50
Island.country: Germany
Island.country_admin_divisions_title: State
Island.country_admin_divisions: Hamburg
Island.country_admin_divisions_title_1: Borough
Island.country_admin_divisions_1: Hamburg-Mitte
Island.country_admin_divisions_title_2: Quarter
Island.country_admin_divisions_2: Hamburg-Neuwerk
Island.population: 0 (uninhabited)
Island.density_km2: 0

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Instance of: island
Country: Germany
Located in: Lower Saxony
Population: 0
Area: 50
Elevation: 3
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Body of water: North Sea
Image: 11-09-04-fotoflug-nordsee-by-RalfR-027.jpg
Connects with: Scharhörn

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Commons category: Nigehörn
inception: 1989-00-00
located in protected area: Hamburg Wadden Sea National Park

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Nigehörn () is an uninhabited artificial island in the North Sea belonging to the German city of Hamburg.

== Geography == Located by the mouth of the Elbe, Nigehörn lies on the same sandbank as Scharhörn, about northwest of Neuwerk and northwest from Cuxhaven on the mainland. The island is a part of Zone 1 of the Hamburg Wadden Sea National Park.

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