Pekel-Aa

Pekel-Aa is a canalized stream in Groningen, Northern Netherlands. Pekel-Aa is situated nearby to the locality Winschoterzijl, as well as near the hamlet Oostereinde.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Stoomgemaal Winschoten and Pumping station Winschoterzijl Blijham.

Stoomgemaal Winschoten

Museum

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Stoomgemaal Winschoten is a museum.

Pumping station Winschoterzijl Blijham

Building

Photo: Donald Trung, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Pumping station Winschoterzijl Blijham is a building.

Winschoten railway station

Railway station

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Winschoten is an unstaffed railway station in Winschoten in the Netherlands. It is located on the Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway between Scheemda and Bad Nieuweschans in the province of Groningen. Winschoten railway station is situated 2½ km west of Pekel-Aa.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Winschoten and Blijham.

Winschoten

Town

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Winschoten is a city with a population of 18,518 in the municipality of Oldambt in the northeast of the Netherlands. It is the largest city in the region of Oldambt in the province of Groningen which has 38,213 inhabitants. Winschoten is situated 2½ km west of Pekel-Aa.

Blijham

Village

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Blijham is a village with a population of 2,240 in the municipality of Westerwolde in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. The origins of the settlement date back to the 11th century. Blijham is situated 3½ km south of Pekel-Aa.

Oldambt

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Oldambt is a municipality in the east of the province of Groningen, in the Netherlands, bordering the East Frisia region of Germany. Oldambt used to be the granary of the Netherlands, and is now known for its landscape with yellow fields of rapeseed, its canals and lakes, and in the north the Dollard bay coast.

Pekel-Aa

Type: Canalized stream
Also known as: “Pekel A”
Category: body of water
Location: Groningen, Northern Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude

53.1409° or 53° 8′ 27″ north

Longitude

7.07574° or 7° 4′ 33″ east

Elevation

-3 metres (-10 feet)

Open location code

9F5943RG+97

GeoNames ID

2748665

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Localities in the Area

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