Peberholm

Peberholm

Peberholm (literally "Pepper Islet") is a small artificial island located in the Danish part of the Øresund. It forms part of Tårnby municipality. It was created as part of the Øresund Bridge connecting Denmark with Sweden. Peberholm was constructed in the proximity of the small natural island of Saltholm ("Salt Islet"), and was named to complement it (thus avoiding less imaginative suggestions like "New Saltholm" or "Little Saltholm").

Built to preserve ecology

The original designs for a bridge across the Øresund required extensive use of Saltholm as a stepping-stone for the bridge. They required either the construction of both a motorway and railway across Saltholm or an expansion of the existing island to serve the same purpose.

Both of these options were ultimately abandoned in order to protect the island's ecology; Danish and Swedish politicians decided instead to construct an artificial island immediately south of Saltholm to achieve that goal. The location was chosen in the belief that it would ensure the freest flow of water through the sound, a key element in the debate about whether or not the bridge should be constructed.

Peberholm is protected by strict laws. Only biologists are allowed one annual visit to the areas of the island outside of the railroad and highway to which the island owes its creation.

The island is considered to be a biological experiment. Scientists hoped that nature would colonize it and make the island flourish on its own, without any human interaction whatsoever. As of June 2007, scientists from the Biological Society of Lund had registered 454 species of plants on the island. [http://www.taarnby-update.dk/arkiv/Uge25.htm Nye plante- og fuglearter på Peberholm] 2770 Tårnby, week 25, 2007. da icon]

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