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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 255 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BORKUM  , an

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island of
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Germany, in the
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North
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Sea, belonging to the Prussian
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province of
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Hanover, the westernmost of the
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East Frisian
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chain, lying between the east and
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west arms of the
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estuary of the
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Ems, and opposite to the Dollart . Pop. about 2500 . The island is 5 M.
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long and 22 m. broad, is a favourite summer resort, and is visited annually by about 20,000 persons . There is a daily steamboat service with
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Emden,
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Leer and
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Ham-
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burg during the summer months . The island affords pasture for
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cattle, and a breeding-
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place for sea-birds .

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