Location
Dogger Bank is an isolated sandbank within the central to southern North Sea spanning UK, German, Danish and Dutch waters.
Research and the evidence of human activity, vegetation and the remains of mammals indicates that the general area was for a period of time a land mass connecting the UK to mainland Europe, known as Doggerland.
As the sea level rose after the last glaciation (ice age) the area gradually became an island before being completely covered by water some time between 8000 and 5500 years ago.
The Dogger Bank Offshore Development Zone, located between 125 and 290km off the east coast of Yorkshire, extends over approximately 8660km² and water depths range from 18m to 63m.