What is Baltrum?
{{Infobox German location | type = Gemeinde | name = Baltrum | image_coa = DEU_Baltrum_COA.svg | image_flag = Flagge Baltrum.svg | coordinates = {{coord|53|43|44|N|07|22|06|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | image_photo = Aerial image of Baltrum (view from the west).jpg | image_caption = Aerial view of Baltrum from the west | image_plan = Baltrum in AUR.svg | state = Lower Saxony | district = Aurich | elevation = 5 | area = 6.50 | postal_code = 26579 | area_code = 04939 | licence = AUR | Gemeindeschlüssel = 03 4 52 002 | website = {{URL|http://www.baltrum.de/}} | mayor = Harm Olchers<ref name=mayor>{{cite web|url=https://www.statistik.niedersachsen.de/download/169156|title=Verzeichnis der direkt gewählten Bürgermeister/-innen und Landräte/Landrätinnen|date=April 2021|publisher=[[Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen]]}}</ref> | leader_term = 2020&ndash;25 | party = Ind }} '''Baltrum''' ({{lang-nds|Baltrum}}) is a [[barrier island]] off the coast of [[East Frisia]] ({{Lang-de|Ostfriesland}}), in [[Germany]], and is a municipality in [[Aurich (district)|Aurich]], [[Lower Saxony]]. It is in-between the chain of the seven inhabited [[East Frisian Islands]]. It has a land area of 6.5 square kilometres. ==Geography== It is in the middle of the [[island chain]] known as the [[East Frisian Islands]] ({{Lang-de|Ostfriesische Inseln}}). There are two villages on the island – ''Ostdorf'' ({{Lang-en|Eastern village}}) and ''Westdorf'' ({{Lang-en|Western village}}) – although they have essentially merged into one. The island is about {{Convert|5|km|mi}} long and {{Convert|1.5|km|mi}} wide. It covers an area of {{Convert|6.5|km2|sqmi}}. The highest point on the island is a central [[Coastal dunes|coastal dune]] with a viewing platform on top called ''Aussichtsdüne'' in [[German language|German]] and is {{Convert|19.3|m|ft}} above [[se