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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.9233,Lat: 53.363
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	18:59:31pm
Name province/region (Provincie)	Friesland
Official website region	Official link Friesland
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Dongeradeel
Other place with same name 1	Waaxens Friesland - Littenseradiel

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Brantgum	1.2 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Holwerd	1.6 km	WestNorthWest
3 Foudgum	2.2 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Hantum	2.8 km	East
5 Ternaard	3.5 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	130 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	300 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	418 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Groote Wielen (0.8 km² at a distance of 15.1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 84.7 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 119 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 141 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Wet nature

16.1 km2

20.5%

Agriculture

61.6 km2

78.3%

Urban area

0.9 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Waaxens in country Netherlands

Waaxens at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	47 km	SouthEast
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	60 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	81 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Waddenzee	NL	2.5 km	NorthNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Holwerd

Type of weather in Holwerd	snow
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	992 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 19 minutes
Sunrise :	08:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:31 Europe/Amsterdam