Ploegsteert Wood
Ploegsteert Wood was a sector of the Western Front in Flanders in World War I, part of the Ypres Salient. It is located around the Belgian village of Ploegsteert, Wallonia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Forest
- Description: World War I sector in Flanders
- Also known as: “Bois de Ploegsteert” and “Plugstreet Wood”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ploegsteert Wood Military Cemetery and Rifle House Cemetery.
Ploegsteert Wood Military Cemetery
Cemetery
Ploegsteert Wood Military Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of the First World War located in the Ypres Salient within Ploegsteert Wood on the Western Front in Belgium.
Rifle House Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Wernervc, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rifle House Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of the First World War located near Ypres on the Western Front.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ploegsteert and Le Bizet.
Ploegsteert
Village
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 2.5.
Ploegsteert is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Comines-Warneton, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. It is the most westerly settlement of Wallonia.
Rue de la Clef de Hollande
Hamlet
Photo: Jpcuvelier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rue de la Clef de Hollande is a hamlet.
Ploegsteert Wood
- Category: nature area
- Location: Comines-Warneton, Arrondissement de Mouscron, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
50.73585° or 50° 44′ 9″ northLongitude
2.89616° or 2° 53′ 46″ eastElevation
29 metres (95 feet)Open location code
9F24PVPW+8FOpenStreetMap ID
way 42093928OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=forest
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Urdu—“Ploegsteert Wood” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bois de Ploegsteert”
- Dutch: “Ploegsteertbos”
- French: “Bois de Ploegsteert”
- Swedish: “Bois de Ploegsteert”
- Urdu: “پلوگسٹیرٹ ووڈ”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as St Yvon and Le Gheer - Gheer.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include British bunker (WWI) and Mud Corner Cemetery.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Ploegsteert Wood”. Photo: Velvet, CC BY-SA 3.0.