Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke
Polygon Wood is a forest located between Ypres and Zonnebeke, West Flanders, Belgium. It was the scene for several battles during the First World War and there are at least two cemeteries of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in the immediate vicinity of the wood.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: George Edmund Butler, Public domain.
- Type: Forest
- Description: Belgium, site of the Battle of Passchendaele in World War I
- Also known as: “Polygone de Zonnebeke” and “Polygoon of Zonnebeke”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Buttes New British Cemetery and Polygon Wood Cemetery.
Buttes New British Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: LimoWreck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Buttes New British Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of the First World War located in the Ypres Salient in Belgium on the Western Front.
Polygon Wood Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Wernervc, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Polygon Wood Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of the First World War. It is located in Belgium, in what was the Ypres Salient on the Western Front.
Buttes New British Cemetery Memorial
Memorial
Photo: Wernervc, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Buttes New British Cemetery Memorial is a World War I memorial, located in Buttes New British Cemetery, near the town of Zonnebeke, Belgium. It commemorates 378 officers and men of the New Zealand Division who were killed in the vicinity and have no known grave.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zonnebeke and Beselare.
Zonnebeke
Town
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Zonnebeke is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the villages of Beselare, Gheluvelt, Passendale, Zandvoorde and Zonnebeke proper. Zonnebeke is situated 2½ km north of Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke.
Beselare
Village
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Beselare is a village, which is situated 3 km east of Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke.
Zandvoorde
Village
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Zandvoorde is a village in the Belgian province of West Flanders and a part of the municipality of Zonnebeke. Zandvoorde is a rural village, in the rolling landscape of the southern part of the province. Zandvoorde is situated 4 km south of Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke.
Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke
- Category: military training area
- Location: West Flanders, Flanders, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Polygoon van Zonnebeke”
- Chinese: “波勒冈森林”
- Chinese: “波勒岡森林”
- Dutch: “Den Doel”
- Dutch: “Doelbos”
- Dutch: “Polygoon van Zonnebeke”
- Dutch: “Polygoonbos”
- Egyptian Arabic: “غابة بوليجون , زونيبيك”
- French: “bois du polygone”
- French: “Bois du Polygone”
- Persian: “پولیگن وودک”
- Swedish: “Polygoon van Zonnebeke”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Veldhoek and Reutel.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Dadipark and Comines.
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