The Fisher Bank is a sand bank in the North Sea, off the west coast of Denmark. As Fisher it gives its name to one of the sea areas in the British Shipping Forecast.
It is defined by the co-ordinates:
- 57°45'N 04°00'E
- 56°00'N 04°00'E
- 56°00'N 08°10'E
- 57°05'N 08°35'E
- 57°45'N 07°30'E
and the Danish coast.
Famous quotes containing the words fisher and/or bank:
“... having bowed to the inevitability of the dictum that we must eat to live, we should ignore it and live to eat ...”
—M.F.K. Fisher (1908–1992)
“It was like passing a boundary to dive
Into the sun-filled water, brightly leafed
And limbed and lighted out from bank to bank.
That’s how the stars shine during the day.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)