Noorderhaaks

Noorderhaaks additionally known as Razende Bol is an uninhabited Dutch island in the North Sea, a few kilometres west of the Marsdiep which separates the island of Texel from the mainland of the Netherlands. The island covers an area of round 5 km², even though the exact region varies because of tide and the dynamic nature of the region.

Being fantastically untouched by means of man, the island has grow to be a valuable region because of its presence of several forms of seabirds, and seals. The island is slowly transferring eastward closer to the Marsdiep and the Molengat, at a tempo of around one hundred metres a year. Noorderhaaks might be the 6th sand bar to increase within the mouth of the Marsdiep, because it formed within the past due twelfth century thru a flood that took place in 1170. The previous five have also moved in the direction of Texel and got accreted to the island, with periods of approximately one hundred fifty years every. The island is visited by way of day trippers, and is likewise getting used as a training floor for the Royal Dutch Navy and Air Force.