Locality
13°6´20" east longitude, 54°32´36" north latitiude   [ map ]

Name
Isle of Hiddensee, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, Europa

Personal relationship of donor
destination for field trip and holidays

Historical relevance of location
Gerhart Hauptmann was a very important German dramatist (1862 - 1946). He spent some time of his live on this island and was buried here.

Emotional relevance of location
The Isle of Hiddensee has the shape of a seahorse. This image is used for tourism.

Classification of the earth

Structure	beach gravel
Colour	white to grey

Donor

Andrea Heinke,
 Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources,
 Office Berlin,
 Germany