Northern Netherlands
Friesland
Terschelling

West-Terschelling

West-Terschelling is the largest village on in the province , the . It had a population of around 2,602 in January 2017.
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  • Type: Village with 2,600 residents
  • Description: village in Terschelling, Netherlands
  • Postal code: 8881

Places of Interest

Highlights include Centrum voor Natuur en Landschap and Brandaris.

Museum
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is a museum.

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The is a lighthouse on the island , in . It is the oldest lighthouse in the , listed as a Rijksmonument, number 35032 and rated with a very high historical value.

Museum
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't Behouden Huys or Het Behouden Huis is a museum in West-Terschelling, Netherlands. The museum is named after the shelter used by Willem Barentsz on his third Arctic expedition, when they became trapped in ice off northern Russia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dellewal and Halfweg.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood, which is situated 4 km northeast of West-Terschelling.

West-Terschelling

Latitude
53.3613° or 53° 21′ 41″ north
Longitude
5.21604° or 5° 12′ 58″ east
Population
2,600
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
United Nations Location Codes
NL TSL and NL WTE
Open location code
9F579668+GC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 48430924
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2744608
Wiki­data ID
Q2785515
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Western Frisian—“West-Terschelling” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “West-Terschelling”
  • Catalan: “West-Skylge”
  • Cebuano: “West-Terschelling”
  • Chinese: “West-Terschelling”
  • Danish: “West-Terschelling”
  • Dutch: “West-Skylge”
  • Dutch: “West-Terschelling”
  • Dutch: “Westerschelling”
  • French: “West-Terschelling”
  • German: “West-Terschelling”
  • Irish: “West-Skylge”
  • Lithuanian: “Vest Terschelingas”
  • Low German: “West-Terschelling”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “West-Terschelling”
  • Persian: “ترشلینگ”
  • Persian: “وست-ترسخلینگ”
  • Polish: “West-Terschelling”
  • Russian: “Вест-Терсхеллинг”
  • Ukrainian: “Вест-Терсхеллінг”
  • Western Frisian: “West-Skylge”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as De Kom and De Vleugel.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Feel Fit and Oude algemene begraafplaats West-Terschelling.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “West-Terschelling”. Photo: Smiley.toerist, CC BY-SA 4.0.