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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.9484,Lat: 53.5405
Elevation	2 meter above sea level
Local time	17:42:29pm
Name province/region (Bundesland)	Niedersachsen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Friesland
Name	Schortens

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Jever:Moorwarfen	2.1 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Schortens:Moorhausen	2.6 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Schortens:Schoost	2.8 km	SouthWest
4 Schortens:Grafschaft	3 km	EastNorthEast
5 Schortens:Addernhausen	3.1 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	243 km	WestSouthWest
2 Berlin	Germany	383 km	EastSouthEast
3 København	Denmark	385 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 8 km (direction EastSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Ems. The nearest bigger lake is Banter See (1.1 km² at a distance of 9.3 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 56.1 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 79 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 88%, low location: 12%, The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Ostfriesisch-Oldenburgische Geest

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (at a distance of 135 km and direction East).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

6.2 km2

7.8%

Nature

1.2 km2

1.5%

Agriculture

57.5 km2

73.2%

Urban area

11.5 km2

14.7%

Infrastructure

1.6 km2

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Schortens in country Germany

Schortens at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Wadden Sea	Denmark,Germany,Netherlands	40 km	East
2 Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen	Germany	77 km	SouthEast
3 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	118 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Teichfledermaus-Habitate im Raum Wilhelmshaven	DE	2.1 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Schortens

Type of weather in Schortens	light snow
Current temperature:	0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	989 mb
Humidity:	100 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 17 minutes
Sunrise :	08:05 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:23 Europe/Amsterdam