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Richel

Richel, or rather De Richel, is a permanently dry sandbank in the , in the gap between the islands of and . It is located about 1 kilometer east of the northernmost point of Vlieland and is administered by the municipality of Vlieland.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Vlieland Heliport.

Heliport
Photo: Brbbl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a small heliport used mainly by the Royal Netherlands Air and Space Force for search and rescue flights or medical transports from the island of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oost-Vlieland and West-Terschelling.

Village
Photo: JStutz999, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the only village on the island of in the province of the . It had a population of around 1,020 in January 2017. It is situated on the east end of the island as its name indicates: Oost is "east" in Dutch.

Village
Photo: Smiley.toerist, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is the largest village on in the province , the . It had a population of around 2,602 in January 2017. is situated 9 km northeast of Richel.

Richel

Latitude
53.29141° or 53° 17′ 29″ north
Longitude
5.13751° or 5° 8′ 15″ east
Elevation
-1 metres (-3 feet)
Open location code
9F5774RQ+H2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 8166604
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
2748174
Wiki­data ID
Q1851272
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Satellite Map

Discover Richel from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Richel” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ريخل”
  • Breton: “Richel”
  • Catalan: “Richel”
  • Cebuano: “Richel”
  • Dutch: “De Richel”
  • Dutch: “Richel”
  • French: “Richel”
  • German: “Richel”
  • Italian: “Richel”
  • Japanese: “リヘル島”
  • Northern Frisian: “Richel”
  • Polish: “Richel”
  • Russian: “Рихел”
  • Spanish: “Richel”
  • Western Frisian: “De Richel”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Richel and Waddenhaven Vlieland.

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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 “Richel”. Photo: WiDi, CC BY-SA 3.0.