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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.6646,Lat: 53.588
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	15:45:02pm
At island	Borkum
Name province/region (Bundesland)	Niedersachsen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Leer
Name	Borkum

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Borkum:Ostland	4.3 km	EastNorthEast
2 Borkum:Reede Borkum	6.6 km	EastSouthEast
3 Juist:Domäne Bill	18.1 km	EastNorthEast
4 Hefswal	18.7 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Roodeschool	19.5 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	180 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	344 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	444 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Borkum lies at the North Sea (direction West). The nearest bigger lake is Speicherbecken Leyhörn (3.2 km² at a distance of 25.4 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 46.4 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 65 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 nature.

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

Name
Watten und Marschen

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 191 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 52 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

8.3 km2

29.4%

Wet nature

6.8 km2

24%

Agriculture

2.8 km2

9.9%

Urban area

3 km2

10.7%

Infrastructure

1.1 km2

Rock-Sand

6 km2

21.2%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Borkum in country Germany

Borkum at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	63 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	106 km	SouthWest
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	121 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Nationalpark Niedersächsisches Wattenmeer	DE	0.6 km	West

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Borkum

Type of weather in Borkum	light rain
Current temperature:	3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	10.81 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 6)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	991 mb
Humidity:	79 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 17 minutes
Sunrise :	08:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:27 Europe/Amsterdam