Dogger Bank

Dogger Bank
Location of the Dogger Bank

Dogger Bank is a large sandbank in a shallow area of the North Sea about 100 km (62 mi) off the east coast of England. It extends over approximately 17,600 km2 (6,800 sq mi), with its dimensions being about 160 miles (260 km) long and up to 60 miles (97 km) broad.[1] The water depth ranges from 15 to 36 metres (from 49 to 118 feet), about 20 metres (66 ft) shallower than the surrounding sea. It is a productive fishing bank. The name comes from dogger, an old Dutch word for fishing boat, especially for catching cod.

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Geography

Geologically, the feature is most likely a moraine, formed during the Pleistocene.[1] At differing times during the last ice age it was land joined to the mainland, or an island. Fishing trawlers working the area have dredged up large amounts of moor peat, remains of mammoth and rhinoceros, and occasionally Paleolithic hunting artefacts. The bank was part of a large landmass, known as Doggerland, which connected Britain to the European mainland until it was flooded at the end of the last ice age.[2]

In 1931, the largest earthquake ever recorded in the United Kingdom took place below the bank, measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale. Its focus was 23 km beneath the bank, and the quake was felt in countries all around the North Sea, causing damage across eastern England.

Naval battles

The bank has been the site of several naval actions. During the War of American Independence, a Royal Navy squadron fought a Dutch squadron on August 5, 1781 in the Battle of Dogger Bank. During the Russo-Japanese War, Russian naval ships opened fire on British fishing boats in the Dogger Bank incident on October 21, 1904, mistaking them for Japanese torpedo boats. In the First World War, the area saw battles in 1915 and 1916 between the Royal Navy and the German High Seas Fleet. In 1966, the German submarine U-Hai sank during a gale, and is one of the worst peacetime naval disasters in German history.

Environmental

The bank is an important fishing area, with cod and herring being caught in large numbers. It gives its name to the Dogger region used in the BBC Radio 4 Shipping Forecast. Several shipwrecks lie on the bank.

Dogger Bank has been identified as an oceanic environment that exhibits high primary productivity throughout the year in the form of phytoplankton. As such, it has been proposed by various groups to make the area a designated Marine Nature Reserve.[3]

Wind farm

In January 2010, a licence to develop a wind farm in Dogger Bank was granted to a consortium of developers. The wind farm is projected to develop up to 9 gigawatts of power, as part of a planned nine zone project of 32 gigawatts. Construction is scheduled to start around 2014 at the earliest. [4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Stride, A.H (January 1959). "On the origin of the Dogger Bank, in the North Sea". Geological magazine 96 (1): 33–34. http://geolmag.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/content/abstract/96/1/33. Retrieved 12 January 2010. 
  2. ^ University of Sussex, School of Life Sciences, C1119 Modern human evolution, Lecture 6, slide 23
  3. ^ "The Dogger Bank - A Potential MPA". WWF. http://www.ngo.grida.no/wwfneap/Publication/briefings/Dogger.pdf. Retrieved 2008-10-15. 
  4. ^ "BBC News - New UK offshore wind farm licences are announced". news.bbc.co.uk. January 8, 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8448203.stm. Retrieved 2010-01-08. 

Coordinates: 54°43′28.63″N 2°46′06.80″E / 54.7246194°N 2.768556°E / 54.7246194; 2.768556


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