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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.9311,Lat: 52.8952
Elevation	3 meter above sea level
Local time	8:59:01am
Name province/region	Noord-Holland
Name Subregion	Hollands Kroon

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 De Haukes	0.7 km	South
2 Westerklief	1.4 km	East
3 Oosterklief	2 km	East
4 Hippolytushoef	2.7 km	EastNorthEast
5 Van Ewijcksluis	4 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	58 km	South
2 Brussel	Belgium	231 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	375 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Westerland lies at the Wadden Sea (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: Lek, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Amstelmeer (6.2 km² at a distance of 1 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 123.7 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 173 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 99%, low location: 1%, 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 66 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Wet nature

27.9 km2

35.5%

Agriculture

42.6 km2

54.3%

Urban area

1.3 km2

1.6%

Water - Lakes

6.7 km2

8.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Westerland in country Netherlands

Westerland at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder)	Netherlands	39 km	South
2 Dutch Water Defence Lines	Netherlands	39 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	51 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Waddenzee	NL	0.7 km	NorthNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Wieringen

Type of weather in Wieringen	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.63 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1000 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 26 April 2024:	14 hour and 42 minutes
Sunrise :	06:16 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:58 Europe/Amsterdam