Hoburg Shoal, also known as Hoburgs bank,^[2] is a shoal located in the Baltic Sea, in the southern zone of the Gotland shelf, south of Hoburgen.

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Submerged bank
Hoburg Shoal (Baltic Sea)
Coordinates: 56°47′N 18°10′E
Country	Sweden
County	Gotland County
Sea	Baltic Sea
Minimum depth	10 m (33 ft)
Area [1]
• Total	1,226.28 km2 (473.47 sq mi)

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The shoal is a bird reserve encompassing about 1,226.28 km² (473.47 sq mi).^[2]

It is a long shoal, comprising a northern and a southern section, that lies to the south of the Storsudret peninsula in Sundre socken on the southern tip of Gotland, Sweden.^[3][4] The submerged shoal's water depths range between about 15 and 40 metres (49 and 131 ft).^[5]

As of 2016^[update], a pipeline is projected that may cross the area of the shoal.^{[citation needed]}