Wilhelmshaven LNG terminal
Wilhelmshaven LNG terminal is Germany's first liquefied natural gas shipping terminal, situated near Wilhelmshaven, Germany on the North Sea. It had been in the planning stages since the mid-2010s, and in 2022 gained rapid regulatory authority approval for construction following the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the global natural gas supply crisis.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: liquefied natural gas shipping terminal in Wilhelmshaven, Germany
- Also known as: “LNG-Terminal Wilhelmshaven 1” and “Wilhelmshaven LNG Terminal”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Voslapp Range Front Light and Wilhelmshaven chlorovinyls facility.
Voslapp Range Front Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Ein Dahmer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Voslapp Range Front Light is a lighthouse, which is situated 2½ km south of Wilhelmshaven LNG terminal.
Wilhelmshaven chlorovinyls facility
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Wilhelmshaven chlorovinyls facility is situated 3½ km southwest of Wilhelmshaven LNG terminal.
Oil refinery and depot Wilhelmshaven
Photo: Martina Nolte, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
Oil refinery and depot Wilhelmshaven is situated 3½ km south of Wilhelmshaven LNG terminal.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include JadeWeserPort and Hooksiel.
JadeWeserPort
Suburb
Photo: Alchemist-hp, CC BY-SA 3.0.
JadeWeserPort is Germany's largest harbour project. It is supported by the states of Lower Saxony and Bremen. This new container port is located at Wilhelmshaven at the Jade Bight, a bay on the North Sea coast. JadeWeserPort is situated 6 km south of Wilhelmshaven LNG terminal.
Hooksiel
Village
Photo: Nemracc, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hooksiel is a village, which is situated 6 km west of Wilhelmshaven LNG terminal.
Sengwarden
Village
Photo: Klinkenborg, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The village of Sengwarden lies north of Wilhelmshaven, Germany. The place was documented for the first time in 1168, was the site of a post World War II British sector displaced person camp, and since 1972 has been administratively attached to the city Wilhelmshaven. Sengwarden is situated 7 km southwest of Wilhelmshaven LNG terminal.
Wilhelmshaven LNG terminal
- Category: floating regasification terminal
- Location: Wangerland, Friesland, East Frisia, Lower Saxony, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
53.64218° or 53° 38′ 32″ northLongitude
8.10987° or 8° 6′ 36″ eastOpen location code
9F5CJ4R5+VWOpenStreetMap ID
node 10241275998OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityWikidata ID
Q111082440
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In Other Languages
From German to Swedish—“Wilhelmshaven LNG terminal” goes by many names.
- German: “LNG-Terminal Wilhelmshaven”
- Swedish: “LNG-Terminal Wilhelmshaven”
- Swedish: “Wilhelmshavens LNG-terminal”
Localities in the Area
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