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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.9097,Lat: 53.1393
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	11:55:03am
Name province/region	Groningen
Name Subregion	Menterwolde

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Meeden	1.4 km	East
2 Muntendam	2.7 km	West
3 Tussenklappen	3 km	WestNorthWest
4 Veendam	4 km	SouthWest
5 Uiterburen	4.8 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	161 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	310 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	397 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 34 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Ems. The nearest bigger lake is Hondshalstermeer (1.4 km² at a distance of 10.6 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 18 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 25 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, 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
Higher soil grounds

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 172 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 22 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1 km2

1.2%

Agriculture

64.6 km2

82.4%

Urban area

11.7 km2

14.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Duurkenakker in country Netherlands

Duurkenakker at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	36 km	WestSouthWest
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	89 km	WestSouthWest
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	95 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Zuidlaardermeergebied	NL	13 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Veendam

Type of weather in Veendam	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.36 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	15 hour and 10 minutes
Sunrise :	05:54 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:04 Europe/Amsterdam