Nationalpark Vorpommersche Boddenlandschaft
The "bodden" was named after Vitte, the main settlement on the shores of the "bodden" on Hiddensee. The "bodden" is part of the Western Pomerania Lagoon Area National Park. The Vitter Bodden is very shallow throughout (generally below 1.5 metres in depth), only the navigable channel and an area in the middle are over 2 metres deep. In the northwest the "bodden" is very shallow and peters out into a "windwatt" (wind-exposed mudflat) in front of Hiddensee. In this area the two peninsulas of Neubessin and Altbessin are steadily growing into the "bodden" as a result of sand masses washed along from the north of the island.