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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.3087,Lat: 54.9079
Elevation	3 meter above sea level
Local time	3:57:43am
At island	Sylt
Name province/region	Schleswig-Holstein
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Nordfriesland
Name	Sylt

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Wenningstedt-Braderup (Sylt):Wenningstedt	2.7 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Sylt:Munkmarsch	3.3 km	EastNorthEast
3 Wenningstedt-Braderup (Sylt):Braderup	3.8 km	NorthEast
4 Sylt:Keitum	4.2 km	EastSouthEast
5 Kampen (Sylt)	5.7 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 København	Denmark	286 km	EastNorthEast
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	361 km	SouthWest
3 Berlin	Germany	428 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Westerland lies at the North Sea (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Vidaa-Krusaa. The nearest bigger lake is Rantumbecken (2.4 km² at a distance of 3.4 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).The place is located at an island named Sylt. The distance to the mainland is 0 km.

The most nearby international border is the Danish-German border with a straight distance of 21 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 29 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 68%, low location: 32%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 107 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Westerland Sylt Airport (at a distance of 2.1 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.2 km2

0.5%

Nature

3.8 km2

8.9%

Wet nature

7.8 km2

18.6%

Agriculture

13 km2

30.7%

Urban area

7.6 km2

18.1%

Infrastructure

3.9 km2

9.2%

Rock-Sand

1.3 km2

3.2%

Water - Lakes

2.3 km2

5.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Westerland in country Germany

Westerland 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	89 km	SouthEast
2 Christiansfeld, a Moravian Church Settlement	Denmark	90 km	EastNorthEast
3 Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones and Church	Denmark	118 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
NTP S-H Wattenmeer und angrenzende Küstengebiete	DE	0.8 km	WestNorthWest

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Filming Location	IMDB Westerland
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Westerland

Type of weather in Westerland	light rain
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.2 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1004 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 19 April 2024:	14 hour and 25 minutes
Sunrise :	06:13 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:37 Europe/Amsterdam