IJsselmeer Dam

The Afsluitdijk is a major dam and causeway in the . It was constructed between 1927 and 1932 and runs from in province to the village of Zurich in province, over a length of 32 kilometres and a width of 90 metres…
Wikipedia
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  • Dike
  • …lies at an elevation of 2 metres (7 feet)
  • Description: levee and causeway in the Netherlands
  • Also known as
    “Abschlussdeich des IJsselmeers”
    “Afsluitdijk”
    “Digue du Nord”
    “Outer Dike”
    “Ysselmeer Dam”
    “Zuiderzee Dam”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Breezanddijk and Kornwerderzand.

Hamlet
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is a small community that lies near the… is situated 3½ km southwest of IJsselmeer Dam.

Village
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is a village on the Afsluitdijk… is situated 7 km northeast of IJsselmeer Dam.

IJsselmeer Dam

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Latitude
53.04184° or 53° 2′ 31″ north
Longitude
5.24647° or 5° 14′ 47″ east
Open location code
9F5726RW+PH
Geo­Names ID
2759939
Wiki­data ID
Q240960

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“IJsselmeer Dam” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Afsluitdyk”
  • Arabic: “أفسلاوتدايك”
  • Arabic: “سد أفشلويتدايك”
  • Asturian: “Afsluitdijk”
  • Basque: “Afsluitdijk”
  • Catalan: “Afsluitdijk”
  • Chinese: “阿夫魯戴克大堤”
  • Chinese: “阿夫鲁戴克大堤”
  • Czech: “Afsluitdijk”
  • Danish: “Afsluitdijk”
  • Dutch: “Afsluitdijk”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “افسلاوتدايك”
  • Esperanto: “Fermdigo”
  • Finnish: “Afsluitdijk”
  • French: “Afsluitdijk”
  • German: “Abschlussdeich”
  • Greek: “Αφσλάουτνταϊκ”
  • Hebrew: “אפסלאוטדייק”
  • Hungarian: “Afsluitdijk”
  • Ido: “Afsluitdijk”
  • Indonesian: “Afsluitdijk”
  • Indonesian: “Bendungan Afsluit”
  • Italian: “Afsluitdijk”
  • Japanese: “アフスリュイド堤防”
  • Japanese: “締め切り大堤防”
  • Korean: “아프슬라위트데이크”
  • Limburgan: “Aafsjloetdiek”
  • Lithuanian: “Afleitdeikas”
  • Low German: “Afslussdiek”
  • Low German: “Ofsluutdiek”
  • Luxembourgish: “Ofschlossdäich”
  • Macedonian: “Афслаутдајк”
  • Persian: “آفسلایت‌دیک”
  • Persian: “سد دریابند”
  • Polish: “Afsluitdijk”
  • Portuguese: “Afsluitdijk”
  • Russian: “Афслёйтдейк”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Afsluitdijk”
  • Spanish: “Afsluitdijk”
  • Swedish: “Afsluitdijk”
  • Turkish: “Afsluitdijk”
  • Ukrainian: “Афслейтдейк”
  • Ukrainian: “Афслютдейк”
  • Vlaams: “Ofsluutdyk”
  • Welsh: “Afsluitdijk”
  • Western Frisian: “Ofslútdyk”
  • Wu Chinese: “阿夫鲁戴克大堤”

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