Heligoland Bight

Heligoland Bight

The Heligoland Bight (also known as Helgoland Bight) is the southern part of the German Bight, itself a bay of the North Sea, located at the mouth of the Elbe river. Named after the Heligoland Island, it was the location of the Battle of Heligoland Bight.


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  • Battle of Heligoland Bight — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=First Battle of Heligoland Bight partof=the First World War caption=SMS Ariadne in action at Heligoland Bight date=28 August 1914 place=Heligoland Bight, North Sea result=British victory combatant1= combatant2=… …   Wikipedia

  • Second Battle of Heligoland Bight — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Second Battle of Heligoland Bight partof=the First World War caption= date=17 November 1917 place=Heligoland Bight, North Sea result= German victory combatant1= combatant2= commander1=Charles Napier… …   Wikipedia

  • Heligoland — Infobox German Location German name = Helgoland image photo = Wappen = Helgoland Wappen.png lat deg = 54 |lat min = 10 |lat sec = 57 lon deg = 7 |lon min = 53 |lon sec = 07 Bundesland = Schleswig Holstein Kreis = Pinneberg Höhe = 61 Fläche = 4.2… …   Wikipedia

  • Bight (geography) — In geography, bight has two meanings. A bight can be simply a bend or curve in any geographical feature mdash;usually a bend or curve in the line between land and water. Alternatively, the term can refer to a large (and often only slightly… …   Wikipedia

  • Heligoland — /ˈhɛləgoʊlænd/ (say heluhgohland) noun a German island in the North Sea; a German naval base in both world wars; British naval victory in nearby Heligoland Bight in 1914 at the start of World War I; Allied bombing in World War II; its heavy… …  

  • Heligoland — Wappen Deutschlandkarte …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • German Bight — ( de. Deutsche Bucht; da. Tyske Bugt; nl. Duitse Bocht; fr. Dútske bocht) is the south eastern bight of the North Sea bounded by the Netherlands and Germany to the south, and Denmark and Germany to the east (the Jutland peninsula). To the north… …   Wikipedia

  • Bataille de Heligoland (1914) — 51° 56′ 08″ N 1° 15′ 45″ E / 51.9355, 1.2625 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Bataille De Heligoland (1914) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Bataille de Heligoland. Bataille de Heligoland SMS Ariadne à Heligoland …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Bataille de heligoland (1914) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Bataille de Heligoland. Bataille de Heligoland SMS Ariadne à Heligoland …   Wikipédia en Français

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