Emergency relocation areas for netted sea dumped chemical warfare material
Short description
This dataset depicts two areas in the Baltic Sea that have been assigned for the emergency disposal of netted warfare materials too unsafe to be brought and handled ashore. Two relocation areas have been assigned by the Bornholm-located Danish Navy Maritime Surveillance Centre South in the vicinity of the Bornholm dumpsite for the emergency disposal of netted warfare materials too unsafe to be brought and handled ashore. The two areas with a diameter of 0.5 nautical miles and an area of about 270 ha each are located at 55°4.7’N, 15°14.2’E and 55°2.4’N, 14°37.9’E (WGS84). For more information, see: HELCOM 2013. Chemical Munitions Dumped in the Baltic Sea. Report of the ad hoc Expert Group to Update and Review the Existing Information on Dumped Chemical Munitions in the Baltic Sea (HELCOM MUNI) http://www.helcom.fi/Documents/Ministerial2013/Associated%20documents/Background/Dumped%20chemical%20munitions%20in%20the%20Baltic%20Sea.pdf
Point of contact
HELCOM Secretariat
data@helcom.fi
Spatial extent
['14.619103', '15.239222', '55.010441', '55.092895']
Type
dataset
Metadata information
Identifier
Keywords
Sea regions ; GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ;

disposal of warfare materials ; GEMET ;

MADS ;

Resource provider(s)
HELCOM Secretariat
data@helcom.fi

Lineage
This dataset was prepared based on information on relocation areas in the HELCOM report: Chemical Munitions Dumped in the Baltic Sea. Report of the ad hoc Expert Group to Update and Review the Existing Information on Dumped Chemical Munitions in the Baltic Sea (HELCOM MUNI) (HELCOM 2013).