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Metslawier

General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.068,Lat: 53.3616
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	23:03:04pm
Name province/region (Provincie)	Friesland
Official website region	Official link Friesland
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Dongeradeel

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Jouswier	1.2 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Niawier	1.3 km	WestNorthWest
3 Morra	2 km	NorthEast
4 Oosternijkerk	2.3 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Wetsens	2.6 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	135 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	304 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	418 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is very close with only a distance of around 5 km (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Lauwersmeer (24.4 km² at a distance of 6.2 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 75.1 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 105 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Flat marine clay area

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 147 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Agriculture

77.5 km2

98.7%

Urban area

1 km2

1.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Metslawier in country Netherlands

Metslawier at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	42 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	63 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	83 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Waddenzee	NL	4.7 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Anjum

Type of weather in Anjum	few clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.63 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	84 %
Daylength at 13 April 2026:	13 hour and 50 minutes
Sunrise :	06:41 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:31 Europe/Amsterdam