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Den Helder

General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.7579,Lat: 52.9592
Elevation	2 meter above sea level
Local time	20:27:00pm
Name province/region (Provincie)	Noord-Holland
Official website region	Official link Noord-Holland
Wiki-website Gemeente (Gemeente)	Den Helder

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Huisduinen	2.3 km	WestSouthWest
2 Friese Buurt	4.1 km	South
3 De Kooy	5.6 km	SouthSouthEast
4 't Horntje	5.6 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Julianadorp aan Zee	6.8 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	66 km	South
2 Brussel	Belgium	237 km	South
3 London	England	379 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Den Helder lies at the Wadden Sea (direction North).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 11.2 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 136.7 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 191 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 99%, low location: 1%, The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is wet-nature.

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 72 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.3 km2

0.8%

Nature

2 km2

4.7%

Wet nature

11.9 km2

27.3%

Agriculture

8.3 km2

19.1%

Urban area

11.4 km2

26.1%

Infrastructure

3.8 km2

8.7%

Rock-Sand

4.5 km2

10.3%

Water - Lakes

0.4 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Den Helder in country Netherlands

Den Helder at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Dutch Water Defence Lines	Netherlands	45 km	South
2 Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder)	Netherlands	47 km	South
3 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	63 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Waddenzee	NL	0.5 km	North

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