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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.5435,Lat: 52.9663
Elevation	-1 meter above sea level
Local time	17:43:42pm
Name province/region (Provincie)	Friesland
Official website region	Official link Friesland
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Súdwest-Fryslân

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Idzega	1.7 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Sandfirden	3 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Het Heidenschap	3.3 km	WestSouthWest
4 Oudega	3.7 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Heeg	4.1 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	79 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	250 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	376 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 18 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Fluessen (23.1 km² at a distance of 0.6 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 87.2 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 122 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 Peaty meadows-area

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 90 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Agriculture

52.9 km2

67.4%

Urban area

1.2 km2

1.6%

Water - Lakes

24.4 km2

31%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gaastmeer in country Netherlands

Gaastmeer 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	16 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	40 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	58 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Oudegaasterbrekken, Fluessen en omgeving	NL	0.5 km	WestNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Heeg

Type of weather in Heeg	snow
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.61 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	992 mb
Humidity:	96 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 23 minutes
Sunrise :	08:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:35 Europe/Amsterdam