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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.6873,Lat: 53.4447
Elevation	3 meter above sea level
Local time	0:32:43am
At island	Ameland
Name province/region	Friesland
Name Subregion	Ameland

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hollum	3.1 km	West
2 Nes	4.4 km	East
3 Buren	7.5 km	East
4 Ferwerd	14.9 km	SouthEast
5 Blija	15.4 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	131 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	303 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	428 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Groote Wielen (0.8 km² at a distance of 26.8 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 101.2 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 142 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 99%, low location: 1%, The most common land use in the area is 0.

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

Name
Dunes

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 141 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.6 km2

1.2%

Nature

7.9 km2

15.5%

Wet nature

20.2 km2

39.8%

Agriculture

16.2 km2

31.8%

Urban area

0.8 km2

1.5%

Rock-Sand

3.6 km2

7.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ballum in country Netherlands

Ballum at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	65 km	SouthEast
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	67 km	South
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	90 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Duinen Ameland	NL	0.8 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Hollum

Type of weather in Hollum	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.51 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	66 %
Daylength at 27 April 2024:	14 hour and 49 minutes
Sunrise :	06:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:59 Europe/Amsterdam