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Gedser Odde

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to Gedser. Fronted by low cliffs, the ridge, 5–7 m (16–23 ft) high, continues underwater a further 18 km (11 mi) south-east to Gedser Rev. Sydstenen (the south stone) marks the southernmost point.
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can be seen in large numbers around the point in the spring (from the end of March to the beginning of April) and autumn. It is not uncommon for as many as 40,000 per day to fly past. The
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can be clearly seen, but lake sediments have also been exposed, from the lowering of the terrain. The sediments from the postglacial period contain fossils of
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Gedser Fyr, a square, 20-metre-high (66 ft) lighthouse, sits 0.7 km (770 yd) north-west of Gedser Odde point. The tower features a light and a
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of clay and boulders deposited by the melting glacier. Traces of pink in the moraines come from red sandstone plucked up in the
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which frequent the area in fairly large numbers between the southernmost point and the Gedser Marina are the
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is viewable throughout the year in flocks of as many as 3,000. In the autumn, migratory
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can be seen in their thousands. Other species crossing the area include the
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in both the spring and the autumn with up to a thousand per day.
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The coastal cliff at Gedser Odder is almost always exposed. The
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is part of the maximum glaciation line across Falster, from
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National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (23 April 2005).
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Index


Falster
Baltic Sea
Denmark
terminal moraine
Idestrup
Skelby
Gedser
Orehoved
strata
last ice age
freshwater snails
mussels
moraines
Baltic Sea
migratory birds
Common eiders
common scoter
geese
red-throated loon
pomarine skua
long-tailed jaeger
great skua
little gulls
birds of prey
rough-legged buzzard
red kite
western marsh harrier
common buzzard
western yellow wagtail

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