Greifswalder Oie

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Greifswalder Oie is a small German Baltic Sea island historically used as a rocket testing and launch site, notably for early A-series rockets.

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Greifswalder Oie canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Baltic Sea island
island
rocket launch site
accessibleBy boat
administeredBy municipality of Kröslin
country Germany
hasFacility lighthouse on Greifswalder Oie
hasFeature relatively small land area
steep cliffs on its shores
hasFormerUse military restricted area
rocket test range
hasGermanName Greifswalder Oie
hasHeritageStatus protected natural area
hasPopulation very small permanent population
hasUse bird sanctuary
nature reserve
ornithological research
historicalPeriod World War II
locatedIn Bay of Greifswald
Germany
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
locatedInBodyOfWater Baltic Sea
locatedInSeaRegion southern Baltic Sea
locatedNear island of Rügen
linked to: Rügen
notableFor V-2 rocket development history
tests of early A-series rockets
partOf district of Vorpommern-Greifswald
usedBy German military
Nazi Germany
usedFor military purposes
rocket launches
rocket testing

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A3 rocket launchSite Greifswalder Oie
A5 rocket testSite Greifswalder Oie
Greifswalder Oie hasGermanName Greifswalder Oie