Lage Vaart

Lage Vaart is a canal in Flevoland, Western Netherlands. Lage Vaart is situated nearby to the hamlet Ketelhaven, as well as near the locality Dronten.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dronten railway station and IJsseloog.

Dronten railway station

Railway station

Photo: Apdency, CC0.

Dronten is a Dutch railway station, on the Lelystad–Zwolle railway, also knowns as the Hanzelijn. The station is located in the north of Dronten. The station opened on 9 December 2012, with there being 2 platforms and 4 tracks, for passing Intercities from The Hague and Schiphol to Groningen and Leeuwarden. Dronten railway station is situated 3½ km south of Lage Vaart.

IJsseloog

Island

Photo: Albert kok, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The IJsseloog is an artificial island in the Ketelmeer used as a depository to store polluted silt. Most of the polluted silt was deposited in the Ketelmeer by the IJssel river between 1950 and 1990. IJsseloog is situated 4 km north of Lage Vaart.

SuperTank

Photo: Donald Trung, CC BY-SA 4.0.

SuperTank is situated 3½ km south of Lage Vaart.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ketelhaven and Dronten.

Ketelhaven

Hamlet

Photo: Milliped, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ketelhaven is a hamlet.

Dronten

Photo: Mark Ahsmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Dronten is one of the six municipalities making up the province of Flevoland in the Netherlands. It encompasses the namesake town and two villages, Swifterbant and Biddinghuizen, as well as vast expanses of agricultural fields and plains left to nature.

Schokkerhaven

Hamlet

Photo: Gouwenaar, CC0.

Schokkerhaven is a hamlet, which is situated 6 km north of Lage Vaart.

Lage Vaart

Type: Canal
Also known as: “Hoofdvaart II”
Category: body of water
Location: Flevoland, Western Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude

52.56226° or 52° 33′ 44″ north

Longitude

5.73692° or 5° 44′ 13″ east

Elevation

-5 metres (-16 feet)

Open location code

9F47HP6P+WQ

GeoNames ID

2752022

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Satellite Map

Discover Lage Vaart from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Keteldiep and Ketelmeer.

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