Simonszand
Simonszand is a sandbank between the West Frisian Islands of Schiermonnikoog and Rottumerplaat in the Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Het Hogeland in the province of Groningen.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Protected area
- Description: island in the Netherlands
- Also known as: “Simonsplaat”
Simonszand
- Categories: island and shoal
- Location: Groningen, Northern Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
53.51364° or 53° 30′ 49″ northLongitude
6.41484° or 6° 24′ 53″ eastOpen location code
9F58GC77+FWOpenStreetMap ID
way 338212446
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Satellite Map
Discover Simonszand from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Simonszand” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سيمونزاند”
- Bulgarian: “Симонсзанд”
- Catalan: “Simonszand”
- Cebuano: “Simonszand”
- Dutch: “Simonszand”
- French: “Simonszand”
- German: “Simonszand”
- Italian: “Simonszand”
- Japanese: “シモンスザント島”
- Northern Frisian: “Simonszand”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Simonszand”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Simonszand”
- Norwegian: “Simonszand”
- Russian: “Симонсзанд”
- Spanish: “Simonszand”
- Western Frisian: “Simenssân”
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