Dogger Bank
A shallow North Sea sandbank that was the last island of Doggerland before rising seas and the Storegga tsunami drowned it.
- Location
- North Sea, about 100 km off northeast England
- Size
- About 17,600 km² (260 × 100 km)
- Depth
- 15–36 m
- Origin
- Glacial deposits, c. 31,600–23,100 years ago
- Finds
- Peat, mammoth remains, Palaeolithic artefacts dredged by trawlers
What is Dogger Bank known for?
Dogger Bank is a large, shallow sandbank in the North Sea, about 100 kilometres off the coast of northeast England. It covers about 17,600 square kilometres, with water only 15 to 36 metres deep, roughly 20 metres shallower than the surrounding sea. It formed from glacial deposits during the last Ice Age.
When sea levels were much lower, Dogger Bank was high ground in Doggerland, a land of hills, rivers and marshes linking Britain to mainland Europe. As the ice melted, the sea rose. By around 7000 BCE much of Doggerland was gone, leaving an island around Dogger Bank. The Storegga Slide tsunami of about 6150 BCE struck the region, and the island eventually vanished.
Trawlers fishing the bank have long dredged up peat, bones of mammoths and rhinoceroses, and occasional stone and bone tools. The bank is also known for naval clashes in 1904 and 1915 and today hosts large offshore wind farms.
Dogger Bank is the last remnant of Doggerland, the real lost land beneath the North Sea.
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Sources
- Wikipedia, 'Dogger Bank'Reference
- Encyclopaedia Britannica, 'Dogger Bank'Reference
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