Dogger Bank

Dogger Bank is a large sandbank in the North Sea. It lies about  from the coast of England. It is about  long and  wide. On average, the North Sea is  deep. The average depth in the area of the Dogger Bank is , at the shallowest place the water is only  deep. During the last ice age, it was sometimes an island and sometimes a land bridge connecting Britain and mainland Europe.

Today, Dogger Bank is important for fishing, in particular for cod and European plaice.

Category:North Sea