German Bight

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Satellite view of the German Bight, Jutland to the right (east).
Satellite view of the German Bight, Jutland to the right (east).

German Bight (German: Deutsche Bucht, Danish: Tyske Bugt, Dutch: Duitse Bocht, Frisian: 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 and west it's limited by the Dogger Bank. The bight contains the Frisian and Danish Islands. The Frisian islands and the nearby coastal areas are collectively known as Frisia. The southern portion of the bight is also known as the Heligoland Bight. Between 1949 and 1956 the BBC Sea Area Forecast (Shipping Forecast) used "Heligoland" as the designation for the area known as the German Bight.

Popular Culture

In the book A Kestrel for a Knave and its film Kes the shipping forecast is featured in the classroom register roll call when lead character Billy Casper calls out German Bight after the teacher reads out the name of a pupil called Fisher. (Author Barry Hines erroneously has Billy then say that Cromarty follows German Bight.)

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Coordinates: 54°27′14″N, 7°12′50″E

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