Theme Week North Frisian Islands – Amrum

15 August 2013 | Author/Destination: | Category: General Reading Time:  7 minutes

Norddorf Beach © Mathias Bigge/cc-by-sa-2.5

Norddorf Beach © Mathias Bigge/cc-by-sa-2.5

The island is made up of a sandy core of geestland and features an extended beach all along its west coast, facing the open North Sea. The east coast instead borders to mud flats and tidal creeks of the Wadden Sea. Sand dunes are a characteristical part of Amrum’s landscape, resulting in a vegetation that is largely made up of heath and shrubs. The island’s only forest was planted in 1948. Amrum is a refuge for many species of birds and a number of marine mammals like grey seal or harbour porpoise.   read more…

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