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Island in the North Sea, one of the North
Frisian Islands; area 0.6 sq km/0.2 sq mi. It
is administered by the state of
Schleswig-Holstein, West Germany, having been
ceded to Germany by Britain 1890 in exchange
for Zanzibar. It was used as a naval base in
both world wars.