Grevelingen
The Grevelingen or Grevelingenmeer is a closed off part of the Rhine-Meuse estuary on the border of the Dutch provinces of South Holland and Zeeland. It is situated between the islands of Goeree-Overflakkee and Schouwen-Duiveland and was closed off as part of the Delta Works, a huge engineering project designed to protect the southwestern part of the Netherlands from flooding.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Marine channel
- Description: brackish water body partly isolated from the sea in the Netherlands
- Also known as: “Grevelingen Gat”
Places of Interest
Highlights include De Dankbaarheid.
De Dankbaarheid
Windmill
Photo: Quistnix, CC BY-SA 2.5.
De Dankbaarheid is a windmill, which is situated 3 km northeast of Grevelingen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Herkingen and Sirjansland.
Herkingen
Village
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Herkingen is a village in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is located on the south coast of the island Goeree-Overflakkee, in the municipality of Goeree-Overflakkee. Herkingen is situated 2½ km northeast of Grevelingen.
Sirjansland
Village
Photo: Rene1971, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sirjansland is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland, and lies about 19 km south of Hellevoetsluis. Sirjansland is situated 3 km southwest of Grevelingen.
Bruinisse
Village
Photo: Jan dijkstra, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bruinisse is a village in the south-west of the Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland, Zeeland. Bruinisse is situated 3½ km southeast of Grevelingen.
Grevelingen
- Categories: lake, Natura 2000 site, and body of water
- Location: Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zeeuws—“Grevelingen” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “خريفيلينجن”
- Catalan: “Grevelingen”
- Chuvash: “Гревелинген”
- Dutch: “Grevelingen”
- Dutch: “Grevelingenmeer”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره خريفيلينجن”
- French: “Grevelingen”
- French: “Grevelingenmeer”
- Georgian: “გრეველინგენი”
- Georgian: “გრეველინგენის ტბა”
- German: “Grevelingen Meer”
- German: “Grevelingen”
- German: “Grevelingenmeer”
- Italian: “Grevelingen”
- Italian: “Grevelingenmeer”
- Japanese: “グレーヴェリンゲン湖”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Grevelingenmeer”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Grevelingen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Grevelingenmeer”
- Norwegian: “Grevelingenmeer”
- Romanian: “Grevelingen”
- Russian: “Гревелинген”
- Venetian: “Grevelingenmeer”
- Western Frisian: “Grevelingenmar”
- Zeeuws: “Grevelienge”
- Zeeuws: “Greveliengen”
- Zeeuws: “Greveliengenmeer”
- Zeeuws: “Grevelingen”
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