Dogger Bank

[daw-ger, dog-er]

noun

1. a shoal in the North Sea, between N England and Denmark: fishing grounds; naval battle 1915.

Dogger Bank

/ ˈdɒɡə /

noun

1. an extensive submerged sandbank in the North Sea between N England and Denmark: fishing ground

Example Sentences

"The harbour porpoises of the North Sea fare better. It's probably because they have more space to move around and follow the shoals of fish. And they have moved. When we started counting them, they were mostly living in the northern part of the North Sea. Today, many of them have gone south past Dogger Bank towards the English Channel," Signe Sveegaard says.

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"We are investing in Rosebank but we are also investing in Dogger Bank - the world's largest windfarm," he said.

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Most of the UK's offshore wind farms are in England - Dogger Bank off the coast of Yorkshire is the largest in the world.

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A deal between energy firms Masdar and RWE to invest up to £11bn in the UK's new wind farm at Dogger Bank was also announced.

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Just last week, the first electricity was generated from SSE's 277 turbine Dogger Bank project off the coast of East Yorkshire.

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