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Borkum

Borkum is the biggest of the by area and the second most populous. The town of Borkum stretches across the entire island, which, as a state-approved North Sea health resort, has numerous spa facilities.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Borkum Great Light and Old Lighthouse.

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, also known as Borkum Neuer Light, is an active lighthouse on the island of Borkum, district, state of , . At a height of 197 feet it is the twenty-fourth tallest "traditional lighthouse" in the world, as well as the third tallest brick lighthouse in the world.

Photo: Unukorno, CC BY 3.0.

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Borkum

Latitude
53.5903° or 53° 35′ 25″ north
Longitude
6.6682° or 6° 40′ 6″ east
Population
5,560
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
IATA airport code
BMK
United Nations Location Code
DE BMK
Open location code
9F58HMR9+47
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26066670
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2946206
Wiki­data ID
Q25082
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Borkum” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Borkum”
  • Arabic: “بوركوم”
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  • Chinese: “博尔库姆”
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  • Northern Frisian: “Börkem”
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  • Western Frisian: “Boarkum”
  • Wolof: “Borkum”
  • Wu Chinese: “博尔库姆”
  • Zulu: “Borkum”

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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 Wikivoyage page “Borkum”. Photo: Lucipictor, CC BY-SA 3.0.