The Nordperd (Perd = Slavic projection)[1] is a cape on Rügen. It is part of the Southeast Rügen Biosphere Reserve and the Mönchgut Nature Reserve.
Aerial photo Nordperd
The cap forms the easternmost point of the island of Rügen and the Vorpommern-Rügen district. The approximately 1500 meter long promontory has the shape of an isosceles triangle, which ends in a point to the east in an approximately 20 meter high wooded cliff. The Nordperd was fortified by coastal protection measures and thus cut off from active processes of the compensation coast.
The Nordperd sub-area of the Mönchgut nature reserve covers 69 ha. Characteristic are dry grassland,[2] the sycamore-ash forest on the slope[3] as well as the beach[4] and shallow water areas.
The northern section of the beach with the spa promenade of the Baltic Sea resort of Göhren is separated from the south-facing Göhrens beach by Cape Nordperd.
Between the Göhrener Seebrücke and the Nordperd lies the Buskam, the largest boulder found in northern Germany to date, which protrudes about one meter out of the sea.
The counterpart to the Nordperd is the Südperd, the southeastern tip of Rügen in the municipality of Thiessow. Between Nordperd and Südperd, which is eleven kilometers away, there are flat sandy beaches on the Mönchgut peninsula, interrupted by the 15-metre-high cliff at Lobber Ort.
Cape Nordperd seen from the Göhren pier, to the left of Cape Buskam
Cape Nordperd seen from the Göhren pier, to the left of Cape Buskam