Bosch (island)
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This article is about one of the Frisian islands. For other uses, see Bosch (disambiguation).
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.[1]
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Coordinates | 53.5097°N 6.3939°E / 53.5097; 6.3939 |
Archipelago | (West) Frisian Islands |
Adjacent to | North Sea, Wadden Sea |
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Between 1400 and 1570 CE, the island Monnikenlangenoog had split into the islands Bosch and Rottumeroog.[2] Bosch disappeared in the Christmas Flood of 1717.[1] A shoal named Boschplaat was the remnant of the island, which merged into Rottumerplaat in 1959.