Stormflodssøjle - Stege, Danmark - High Level Marks on Waymarking.com

Ved Stormfloden 12.-13. november 1872 blev store dele af Lolland, Falster og Møn oversvømmet, 80 omkom og 50 skibe strandede på Sjællands østkyst. Også andre øer og lavvandede områder langs Øresund, Jyllands østkyst og de jyske fjorde var hårdt ramt af oversvømmelsen; her måltes den højeste vandstand til 3,3 m over dagligt vande. Også Bornholm blev hårdt ramt. Det var den største stormflodskatastrofe i Danmark i nyere tid.

Stormflodssøjlen viser de forskellige niveauer, som højvandet nåede. Øverst 1872, da vandet toppede ved 3,3 m, 1904 2,2 m, 2017 1,4 m.
 





The 1872 Baltic Sea flood, often referred to as a storm flood, ravaged the Baltic Sea coast from Denmark to Pomerania, also affecting Sweden, during the night between 12–13 November 1872 and was, until then, the worst storm surge in the Baltic. The highest recorded peak water level was about 3.3 m above sea level


The flood indicator shows the various levels the flood waters reached, the top mark being 1872 when the water peaked at 3,3 m, 1904 2,2 m, 2017 1,4 m

Natural or man made event?: Natural What type of marker?: obelisk When did this occur?: 1872, 1904, 2017 Website related to the event..: Not listed

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