Bornholm

[ bawrn-hawlm; English bawrn-hohm, -hohlm ]

noun

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

Bornholm

/ 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)

Example Sentences

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

In September 2022, leaks were discovered in three of the four gas lines east of the Danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea.

From BBC

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

No one has taken responsibility for the September 2022 blasts, which occurred off the Danish island of Bornholm and ruptured three out of four lines of the system that delivers Russian gas to Europe.

From Reuters

Two of the leaks were in the Swedish economic zone northeast of the Danish island of Bornholm, and two in the Danish economic zone southeast of Bornholm, and were outside national waters.

From Seattle Times