Ketelmeer
The Ketelmeer is the tongue of the IJsselmeer into which the River IJssel drains, it is situated between the polders Noordoostpolder and Oostelijk Flevoland, and connects the river IJssel to the IJsselmeer.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include IJsseloog.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Schokkerhaven and Ketelhaven.
Ketelhaven
Hamlet
Photo: Milliped, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ketelhaven is a hamlet, which is situated 3½ km southeast of Ketelmeer.
Schokland
Hamlet
Photo: GerardM, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Schokland is a former island in the Dutch Zuiderzee, in the municipality of Noordoostpolder. Schokland was an elongated strip of peat land which ceased to be an island when the Noordoostpolder was reclaimed from the sea in 1942. Schokland is situated 5 km northeast of Ketelmeer.
Ketelmeer
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in the Netherlands
- Category: body of water
- Location: Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Ketelmeer” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كيتيلمير”
- Catalan: “Ketelmeer”
- Chinese: “凯特尔湖”
- Chuvash: “Кетелмер”
- Croatian: “Ketelmeer”
- Dutch: “Ketelmeer”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره كيتيلمير”
- French: “Ketelmeer”
- Georgian: “კეტელმერი”
- Georgian: “კეტელმერის ტბა”
- German: “Ketelmeer”
- Italian: “Ketelmeer”
- Japanese: “ケーテル湖”
- Lithuanian: “Ketelmeras”
- Macedonian: “Кетелмер”
- Polish: “Ketelmeer”
- Russian: “Кетелмер”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ketelmeer”
- Spanish: “Ketelmeer”
- Spanish: “Lago de Ketel”
- Turkish: “Ketelmeer”
- Ukrainian: “Кетелмер”
- Venetian: “Ketelmeer”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Nagele and Swifterbant.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Keteldiep and Zwolse Hoek.
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