Editing German Bight (section)

{{Short description|Geographic feature along the coasts of Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands}}
{{For|the settlement in New Zealand initially known as German Bay|Takamatua}}
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[[Image:German Bight.jpg|right|thumb|Satellite view of the German Bight, Jutland to the right (east)]]
[[File:Germany (1), Elbe, Trischen.jpg|thumb|upright|right|The mouth of the river [[Elbe]], here in October 2010, marks the southeastern corner of the German Bight. The island is [[Trischen]].]]

The '''German Bight''' ({{langx|de|Deutsche Bucht}} {{IPA|de|ˈdɔʏtʃə ˈbʊxt|}}; {{langx|da|tyske bugt}}; {{langx|nl|Duitse bocht}} {{IPA|nl|ˈdœytsə ˈbɔxt|}}); {{langx|fy|Dútske bocht}}; {{Langx|frr|Schiisk Bocht}}; sometimes also the '''German Bay''') is the southeastern [[Bight (geography)|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 is limited by the [[Dogger Bank]]. The Bight contains the [[Frisian islands|Frisian]] and [[Danish Wadden Sea Islands|Danish Islands]]. The [[Wadden Sea]] is approximately ten to twelve kilometres wide at the location of the German Bight.<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |last=Hogan |first=C. Michael |year=2011 |title=Wadden Sea |url=http://www.eoearth.org/article/Wadden_Sea?topic=49523 |editor1-last=Saundry |editor2-last=Cleveland |editor1-first=P. |editor2-first=C. |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Earth |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=National Council for Science and the Environment}}</ref> 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 [[Shipping Forecast|BBC Sea Area Forecast (Shipping Forecast)]] used "[[Heligoland]]" as the designation for the area now referred to as German Bight.