Bosch (island)
Bosch (Dutch pronunciation: [bɔs]) was a West Frisian island in the Wadden Sea. It was situated off the coast of present-day Groningen in the Netherlands, between the islands of Schiermonnikoog and Rottumeroog.
Rottum and Bosch, pre-1682 (south at top) | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 53.5097°N 6.3939°E |
| Archipelago | (West) Frisian Islands |
| Adjacent to | North Sea, Wadden Sea |
| Administration | |
Netherlands | |
Between 1400 and 1570 CE, the island Monnikenlangenoog had split into the islands Bosch and Rottumeroog. Bosch disappeared in the Christmas Flood of 1717. A shoal named Boschplaat was the remnant of the island, which merged into Rottumerplaat in 1959.
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