Rottumerplaat
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Rottumerplaat is one of the three islands that make up Rottum in the West Frisian Islands. The island is located in the North Sea of the Dutch coast. Access to the island is prohibited since Rottemerplaat is a resting and forage area for numerous bird species. Rijkswaterstaat, Staatsbosbeheer and the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality are responsible for adminstrating the island. Twice a year marine debris is cleaned from the island.
Sediment deposition has caused the island to become significantly larger in recent years.
Rottemerplaat is the northernmost point in the Netherlands (see Extreme points of the Netherlands).
[edit] Fauna
Rottumerplaat is a resting and forage area for the Sanderling, the Dunlin and the Kentish Plover. The Common Eider, the Common Shelduck, the Arctic Tern, the Common Tern, the Little Tern, the Kentish Plover and the Ringed Plover use the island to brood their eggs. From 1996 the Sandwich Tern used Rottumerplaat to brood its eggs but has since stopped doing so.
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