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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	0:49:54am
Name province/region	Noord-Holland
Name Subregion	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 0.

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

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Den Helder

Type of weather in Den Helder	drizzle rain
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	11.32 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 6)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	85 %
Daylength at 19 April 2024:	14 hour and 15 minutes
Sunrise :	06:32 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:47 Europe/Amsterdam