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East of Bornholm, Denmark

Producing country: Nazi Germany.
Disposing country: Soviet Union (suspected).

Confirmed disposal(s).

Disposal(s) took place east of Bornholm, at a depth between 230 and 345ft.

Date of disposal is undetermined.

Munitions dumped near this location include: 5,920 mustard bombs, 591 adamsite bombs, 479 CN (chloroacetophenone) bombs, 671 mustard gas artillery shells, 61 adamsite artillery shells, 36 CN artillery shells, 314 mustard filled high-explosive bombs, 42 mustard gas mines, and 65 adamsite smoke grenades.

Bulk chemical agents dumped near this location include: 80 mustard gas encasements, 693 adamsite encasements, 74 other chemical filled encasements (unspecified type) and 18 adamsite filled drums. In addition, unknown amount of viscous mustard gas, Clark I, Clark II, chloroacetophenone and possibly phosgene, nitrogen mustard, and tabun were dumped near these coordinates. [1]

Sometime after 1952, an additional 200 to 300T of chemical weapon residues were dumped near this location. A further 8,000T of unspecified chemical munitions may have been dumped here as well. [2]

[1] "Ocean Dumping of Chemical Weapons," Noblis Inc. (1996) <www.noblis.org> (accessed on May 15, 2008).

[2] Report to the 15th Meeting of Helsinki Commission 8 to 11 March 1994, report delivered to the Ad–Hoc Working Group on Dumped Chemical Munitions by Danish Environmental Protection Agency, March 8–11, 1994.