Endelave
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| settlement_type = Island
| image_skyline = Denmark Endelave from east IMG 8937.JPG
| image_caption = The island of Endelave seen from the north east
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| subdivision_type3 = Municipality
| subdivision_name3 = Horsens municipality
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| area_total_km2 = 13.2
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| population_as_of = 2011
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| population_total = 185
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| postal_code = Web www.Postnumre.dk.
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| designation1 = Ramsar
| designation1_offname = Horsens Fjord and Endelave
| designation1_date = 2 September 1977
| designation1_number = 152{{Cite web|title=Horsens Fjord and Endelave|website=Ramsar Sites Information Service|url=https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/152|access-date=25 April 2018}}}}
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Endelave is a Danish island in the Kattegat, north of Odense, off the coast of Funen, and west of Samsø. The island covers an area of {{convert|13.2|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} and has 185 inhabitants.
Nature and Protected areas
Endelave and its surrounding seaside is important for many birds, both on domestic and international levels and it is therefore a Ramsar area. The Ramsar protection is part of the Ramsar protection in Horsens Fjord and has number 152. The total area of the entire protection encompass 42,737 ha.[http://www.ramsar.org/cda/en/ramsar-documents-list-anno-denmark/main/ramsar/1-31-218%5E16427_4000_0__ The Annotated Ramsar List: Denmark] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222170305/http://www.ramsar.org/cda/en/ramsar-documents-list-anno-denmark/main/ramsar/1-31-218%5E16427_4000_0__ |date=2014-02-22 }} Ramsar, 05.08.2013 The reef 'Møllegrunden' Northwest of the island is an important resting and breeding site for many seals in the Kattegat sea. The bay of Endelave is comprised by a large intertidal zone similar to the wadden sea area. About ⅓ of the island itself is protected under the Natura 2000 plan, housing vulnerable and outstanding nature-types such as a heather moorland thicket, a beach-meadow and oak forests for example.
Endelave is home to a population of wild rabbits of variable size. It is a locally distributed animal in Denmark, but where it is found the population is usually large. The rabbits on Endelave are hunted when in season and in the last few years, more than half of the total rabbit bag in Denmark (a stable level of 5000 animal pro anno), was from Endelave.
Gallery
File:"Vadehavet" ved Endelave.jpg|The extensive intertidal zone in the bay during ebb.
File:Kaninhuller på Endelave.jpg|Rabbithole complex
File:Lyngkrattet på Øvre.jpg|Heather moorland thicket
File:Får og lam på Øvre.jpg|Beach meadow
See also
References
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Sources
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130921064828/http://www.naturstyrelsen.dk/Udgivelser/Foldere/Reservater/endelave.htm Endelave] Danish Ministry of the Environment {{in lang|da}}
- Tageo.com, "VESTSJAELLAND DENMARK Geography Population" (coordinates), 2007, webpage: [http://www.tageo.com/index-e-da-v-14.htm Tageo-index].
- Denmark Postal codes, webpage: [http://www.postnumre.dk/ Postnumre-DK].
- Tele.dk Denmark detailed road map, webpage: [https://web.archive.org/web/20080406154808/http://home6.inet.tele.dk/vlh/danmark.JPG Tele-DK-Danmark].
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Category:Geography of Horsens Municipality
Category:Protected areas of Denmark
Category:Ramsar sites in Denmark
Category:Natura 2000 in Denmark
Category:Danish islands in Kattegat
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