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Bornholm

American  
[bawrn-hawlm, bawrn-hohm, -hohlm] / ˈbɔrnˌhɔlm, ˈbɔrn hoʊm, -hoʊlm /

noun

  1. a Danish island in the Baltic Sea, S of Sweden. 227 sq. mi. (588 sq. km).


Bornholm British  
/ bɔrnˈhɔlm /

noun

  1. an island in the Baltic Sea, south of Sweden: administratively part of Denmark. Chief town: Rønne. Pop: 43 956 (2003 est). Area: 588 sq km (227 sq miles)

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Climate scientists from the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen in Bornholm analyzed ice cores from Greenland’s ice sheets and demonstrated that a major volcanic eruption occurred on the island 2,900 years ago.

From Salon Jan. 23, 2025

At the end of September 2022, the Nord Stream gas pipeline on the bottom of the Baltic Sea exploded east of Bornholm and one of the largest unnatural methane gas emissions ever was a fact.

From Science Daily Jun. 19, 2024

German and Danish authorities are still investigating the series of explosions that sabotaged three of the four gas lines east of the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea on 26 September 2022.

From BBC Feb. 7, 2024

The tremors occurred on May 13 at around 3 P.M. local time, according to a statement from the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, which operates two seismographs on the island of Bornholm.

From Scientific American May 18, 2023

There is a museum on the island of Bornholm, full of items.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys

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