Hoek van de Kwak
Hoek van de Kwak is a point in Voorne aan Zee, South Holland. Hoek van de Kwak is situated nearby to the quarter Nieuw-Helvoet, as well as near the town Hellevoetsluis.Places of Interest
Highlights include HNLMS Buffel and Hellevoetsluis Dry Dock.
HNLMS Buffel
Museum
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HNLMS Buffel is a 19th-century ironclad ram ship. She was one of the main attractions of the Maritime Museum Rotterdam, also known as the Prince Hendrik Museum, named after its founder, Prince Henry "The Navigator", who had a naval career and established the basis of the museum back in 1874.
Hellevoetsluis Dry Dock
Museum
Photo: Quistnix, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hellevoetsluis Dry Dock is a historic double dry dock in Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands. It was constructed between 1798 and 1822 under the direction of Jan Blanken, and was part of the former Rijkswerf Hellevoetsluis.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nieuw-Helvoet and Hellevoetsluis.
Nieuw-Helvoet
Quarter
Nieuw-Helvoet is a former village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is now a neighbourhood in the north of the town of Hellevoetsluis. Nieuw-Helvoet was a separate municipality until 1960, when it became part of Hellevoetsluis.
Hellevoetsluis
Town
Hellevoetsluis is a town and former municipality in the west of Netherlands. It is located in Voorne-Putten, South Holland. The former municipality covered an area of 61.20 km2 of which 20.10 km2 was water and it included the population centres of Nieuw-Helvoet, Nieuwenhoorn, and Oude en Nieuwe Struiten, all former municipalities. Hellevoetsluis is situated 3 km east of Hoek van de Kwak.
Nieuwenhoorn
Suburb
Nieuwenhoorn is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is located in the municipality of Voorne aan Zee, about 3 km north of Hellevoetsluis city centre. Nieuwenhoorn is situated 4 km northeast of Hoek van de Kwak.
Hoek van de Kwak
- Type: Point
- Description: point in the Netherlands
- Category: landform
- Location: Voorne aan Zee, South Holland, Western Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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In Other Languages
“Hoek van de Kwak” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Hoek van de Kwak”
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