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Heligoland
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Heligoland [ˈhɛlɪgəʊˌlænd]
n
(Placename) a small island in the North Sea, one of the North Frisian Islands, separated from the coast of NW Germany by Heligoland Bight: administratively part of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein: a large island in early medieval times, now eroded to an area of about 150 hectares (380 acres); ceded by Britain to Germany in 1890 in exchange for Zanzibar German name Helgoland
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Since 1909, researchers have been trapping birds on the island of Helgoland which lies about 70 kilometers off the northwestern coast of Germany.
 
 
 
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