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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.5112,Lat: 54.7082
Elevation	8 meter above sea level
Local time	17:54:03pm
At island	Föhr
Name province/region	Schleswig-Holstein
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Nordfriesland
Name	Föhr-Amrum
Name	Alkersum

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Midlum	0.9 km	NorthEast
2 Oevenum	1.3 km	East
3 Nieblum	2.3 km	SouthWest
4 Wrixum	2.6 km	EastSouthEast
5 Borgsum	3.4 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 København	Denmark	282 km	EastNorthEast
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	354 km	SouthWest
3 Berlin	Germany	404 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction South).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Vidaa-Krusaa. The nearest bigger lake is Speicherbecken Nord (0.8 km² at a distance of 15.8 km in Eastern direction).The place is located at an island named Föhr. The distance to the mainland is 5.2 km.

The most nearby international border is the Danish-German border with a straight distance of 24 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 34 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 98%, low location: 2%, The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Hohe Geest

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Billund Airport (at a distance of 122 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Westerland Sylt Airport (at a distance of 25 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.6 km2

0.8%

Wet nature

13 km2

17.1%

Agriculture

55.2 km2

73%

Urban area

5.1 km2

6.8%

Rock-Sand

0.9 km2

1.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Alkersum in country Germany

Alkersum at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Archaeological Border complex of Hedeby and the Danevirke	Germany	67 km	EastSouthEast
2 Christiansfeld, a Moravian Church Settlement	Denmark	95 km	NorthEast
3 Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones and Church	Denmark	130 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ramsar-Gebiet S-H Wattenmeer und angrenzende Küstengebiete	DE	2.9 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Alkersum

Type of weather in Alkersum	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	13.72 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 6)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1003 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 19 April 2024:	14 hour and 24 minutes
Sunrise :	06:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:36 Europe/Amsterdam