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Noorderhaaks () is an uninhabited Netherlands islet " Zandplaat De Razende Bol voortaan eiland", Nederlands Dagblad, 2003. in the North Sea, a few kilometres west of the Marsdiep which separates the island of Texel from the mainland of the Netherlands. The island covers an area of around , although the exact area varies due to tide and the dynamic nature of the area. The islet is also called Razende Bol (meaning Raging sandbank in Dutch; in modern Dutch Bol means sphere, but in this context the old Dutch meaning of sandbank is meant " Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal", 1893.),
Being relatively untouched by man, the island has become a valuable location due to its presence of several kinds of , and Pinniped. The island is visited by day trippers, and is also being used as a training ground for the Royal Netherlands Navy and Air Force.
The island is slowly moving eastward towards the Marsdiep and the Molengat, at a pace of around 100 metres a year. Noorderhaaks is probably the sixth Shoal to develop in the mouth of the Marsdiep, since it formed in the late twelfth century via a flood that occurred in 1170. The previous five have also moved towards Texel and got accreted to the island, with intervals of approximately 150 years each. Vos, A.D. (2012); Onderwaterarcheologie op de Rede van Texel , Nederlandse Archeologische Rapporten 041 (Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed, Amersfoort), p. 37-47.
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