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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.1615,Lat: 53.4806
Elevation	4 meter above sea level
Local time	10:07:11am
At island	Schiermonnikoog
Name	Friesland
Name	Schiermonnikoog

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Lauwersoog	8.2 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Moddergat	10 km	SouthWest
3 Paesens	10.1 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Anjum	11.9 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Lioessens	12 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	150 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	318 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	431 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Schiermonnikoog lies at the Wadden Sea (direction South). The nearest bigger lake is Lauwersmeer (24.4 km² at a distance of 7.7 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 71 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 99 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 98%, low location: 2%, 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 161 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.5 km2

2.9%

Nature

12.5 km2

24.7%

Wet nature

23.9 km2

47.2%

Agriculture

3.5 km2

6.8%

Urban area

0.3 km2

0.5%

Rock-Sand

9.1 km2

17.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Schiermonnikoog in country Netherlands

Schiermonnikoog at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	51 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	78 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	97 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Duinen Schiermonnikoog	NL	0.4 km	EastNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Webcams (Within 20km)

Name webcam: Schiermonnikoog › South: Jachthaven Schiermonnikoog

Current time

Local time screenshot during the day :2023-01-30 09:01:18
Placename webcam: Schiermonnikoog - Friesland - Netherlands
Bings maps Schiermonnikoog

Name webcam: Het Hogeland › North-East

Current time

Local time screenshot during the day :2023-01-30 09:31:32
Placename webcam: Het Hogeland - Groningen - Netherlands
Bings maps Het Hogeland

Name webcam: Damwald › South: Weerstation Damwoude

Current time

Current weather at Anjum

Type of weather in Anjum	broken clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	16.98 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 7)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	76 %
Daylength at 30 January 2023:	8 hour and 48 minutes
Sunrise :	08:24 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:12 Europe/Amsterdam