Markermeer
The Markermeer is a 700 km2 lake in the central Netherlands in between North Holland, Flevoland, and its smaller and larger neighbors, the IJmeer and IJsselmeer.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oosterleek and Wijdenes.
Oosterleek
Village
Oosterleek is a small village in the municipality of Drechterland, in the Dutch province North Holland. The village used to belong to the municipalities Venhuizen and Wijdenes. Oosterleek is situated 8 km north of Markermeer.
Wijdenes
Village
Wijdenes is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is located in the municipality of Drechterland and the region of West-Frisia. The village was first mentioned around 1312 as Widenesse, and means "wide headland". Wijdenes is situated 9 km northwest of Markermeer.
Markermeer
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in the central Netherlands
- Categories: artificial lake and body of water
- Location: Flevoland, Western Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.56667° or 52° 34′ north
Longitude
5.21667° or 5° 13′ east
Open location code
9F47H688+MM
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Markermeer” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ماركرمير”
- Basque: “Markermeer”
- Belarusian: “Маркермер”
- Breton: “Markermeer”
- Catalan: “Markermeer”
- Chinese: “馬肯湖”
- Chinese: “马肯湖”
- Chuvash: “Маркермер”
- Croatian: “Markermeer”
- Czech: “Markermeer”
- Dutch: “Markermeer”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره ماركرمير”
- Esperanto: “Markermeer”
- French: “Markermeer”
- Galician: “Markermeer”
- Georgian: “მარკერმერი”
- German: “Markermeer”
- Hebrew: “מרקרמיר”
- Italian: “Markermeer”
- Japanese: “マーカーミーア湖”
- Japanese: “マルケル湖”
- Korean: “마르커르호”
- Limburgan: “Markermaer”
- Low German: “Markermeer”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Markermeer”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Markermeer”
- Norwegian: “Markermeer”
- Polish: “Markermeer”
- Portuguese: “Markermeer”
- Russian: “Маркермер”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Markermeer”
- Slovenian: “Markermeer”
- Spanish: “Markermeer”
- Turkish: “Markermeer”
- Ukrainian: “Маркермер”
- Venetian: “Markermeer”
- Welsh: “Markermeer”
- Western Frisian: “Markermar”
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