Westerkolk

Westerkolk is a nature reserve in North Holland, Western Netherlands. Westerkolk is situated nearby to the village De Waal, as well as near the locality Noorderbuurt.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Waalenburg and Texel International Airport.

Waalenburg

Nature reserve

Photo: WeeJeeVee, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Waalenburg is a nature reserve.

Texel International Airport is a small airport located 3.5 NM north northeast of Den Burg on the island of Texel in the north of the Netherlands. It has a customs service to handle international flights making it an international airport, though no scheduled international flights take place from the airport as the name might suggest. Texel International Airport is situated 3 km north of Westerkolk.

Bargen

Dwelling

Bargen is a hamlet in the northwest Netherlands, on the island and in the municipality of Texel, North Holland. It is located 4 km northeast of Den Burg.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Texel and De Waal.

Texel

Photo: Jerreantwerp, Public domain.

Texel is an island in the West Frisian Islands region of the Netherlands. Tourists and birds are abundant. The tourists visit mostly in the summer. Texel is an island with four types of landscape: dunes and beaches in the west, flatland and polders in the east and hilly in the center of the island.

De Waal

Village

De Waal is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Texel, and lies about 15 km north of Den Helder. The village was first mentioned in 1295 as "sancti Bonifacii in Waelkerken", and means "pond created after a dike breach".

Spang

Hamlet

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Spang is a hamlet, which is situated 2½ km southeast of Westerkolk.

Westerkolk

Type: Nature reserve
Location: North Holland, Western Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude

53.08944° or 53° 5′ 22″ north

Longitude

4.82481° or 4° 49′ 29″ east

Elevation

-2 metres (-7 feet)

Open location code

9F563RQF+QW

GeoNames ID

2744722

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