Böhmke is a small, uninhabited

island An island or isle is a piece of land, distinct from a continent, completely surrounded by water. There are continental islands, which were formed by being split from a continent by plate tectonics, and oceanic islands, which have never been ...

that lies between the lakes of Nepperminer See and

Balmer See The Balmer See is the southeastern embayment of the Achterwasser on the island of Usedom off Germany's Baltic coast. The northwestern tongue of land, Cosim, together with the two small islets of Böhmke and Balmer Werder, Werder are designated a ...

in the southeastern part of the

Achterwasser The Achterwasser (Low German ''achtern'' = "rear, behind") is a lagoon forming a bay on the Peenestrom river, which flows into the Baltic Sea. This lagoon extends so far into the island of Usedom, that it is only separated from the Baltic Sea by ...

, which separates the large Baltic Sea island

Usedom Usedom ( , ) is a Baltic Sea island in Pomerania, divided between Germany and Poland. It is the second largest Pomeranian island after Rügen, and the most populous island in the Baltic Sea. It lies north of the Szczecin Lagoon estuary of the ...

from the mainland of Germany and Poland. The island belongs to the municipality of Benz in the county of

Vorpommern-Greifswald Vorpommern-Greifswald is a district in the east of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the districts of Mecklenburgische Seenplatte and Vorpommern-Rügen, the Baltic Sea, Poland (West Pomeranian Voiv ...

, in the Germany state of

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV; ; ), also known by its anglicized name Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, is a state in the north-east of Germany. Of the country's sixteen states, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ranks 14th in population; it covers an are ...

. The island is approximately oval and has an area of 3.2 hectares. It extends for 270 metres from north to south and 150 metres from west to east. Its highest point lies in the north and is 4.5 metres above sea level (NN), where some bushes also grow. The southern half consists of marshy grassland. Together with the neighbouring island of

Balmer Werder Balmer Werder is an uninhabited little island in the Baltic Sea, in the Balmer See, the southeastern part of the Achterwasser lagoon, between Usedom and the mainland off the village of Balm. Balm belongs to the municipality of Benz in the county ...

, Böhmke lies in the Böhmke and Werder Islands Nature Reserve, which was established in 1967 in the

Usedom Island Nature Park The Usedom Island Nature Park () comprises the German part of the island of Usedom in the district of Vorpommern-Greifswald in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. In addition to the island itself, the park covers the waterbody between th ...

.Naturschutzgebiet Insel Böhmke und Werder
at www.kreis-vg.de. Accessed 7 June 2019.

References

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