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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.2174,Lat: 53.3643
Elevation	3 meter above sea level
Local time	6:09:58am
At island	Terschelling
Name province/region	Friesland
Name Subregion	Terschelling

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hee	2.9 km	EastNorthEast
2 Kaard\|Kaart	3.9 km	EastNorthEast
3 Kinnum	4.1 km	EastNorthEast
4 Baaiduinen	4.2 km	EastNorthEast
5 Midsland	5 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	112 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	286 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	423 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

West-Terschelling lies at the Wadden Sea (direction East).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Zandmeer (0.9 km² at a distance of 20.1 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 129.4 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 181 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 87%, low location: 13%, 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 121 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.5 km2

6.2%

Nature

11.6 km2

20.3%

Wet nature

27.1 km2

47.5%

Agriculture

4.3 km2

7.5%

Urban area

1.5 km2

2.7%

Rock-Sand

8.6 km2

15.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of West-Terschelling in country Netherlands

West-Terschelling at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	65 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	86 km	EastSouthEast
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	89 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Waddenzee	NL	0.3 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at West-Terschelling

Type of weather in West-Terschelling	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	13.51 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 6)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	73 %
Daylength at 24 April 2024:	14 hour and 37 minutes
Sunrise :	06:18 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:55 Europe/Amsterdam