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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.4094,Lat: 53.0174
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	17:24:33pm
Name province/region (Provincie)	Friesland
Official website region	Official link Friesland
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Súdwest-Fryslân

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ferwoude	1.9 km	SouthEast
2 Piaam	2.4 km	North
3 Idsegahuizum	3 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Allingawier	4.2 km	NorthEast
5 Parrega	4.7 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	80 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	252 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	383 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 8 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is IJsselmeer (1134.7 km² at a distance of 0.3 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 97.8 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 137 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, 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 90 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Wet nature

4 km2

5.1%

Agriculture

39.9 km2

50.9%

Urban area

1.5 km2

1.9%

Water - Lakes

31.1 km2

39.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gaast in country Netherlands

Gaast at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	26 km	SouthEast
2 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	49 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder)	Netherlands	62 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
IJsselmeer	NL	0.1 km	WestNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Makkum

Type of weather in Makkum	snow
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.69 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	992 mb
Humidity:	96 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 22 minutes
Sunrise :	08:13 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:35 Europe/Amsterdam