Terschelling

Terschelling is one of the in the north of the . Like most of the West Frisian Islands, Terschelling thrives on domestic tourism who usually stay several days to enjoy the quiet, rural island atmosphere, spend time on the beaches and take bike trips to see the nature.
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  • Type: island with 4,870 residents
  • Description: island and municipality in Friesland, the Netherlands
  • Also known as: Terschelling Municipality
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wrakkenmuseum and Janskerk Hoorn.

Museum

Archaeological site
is an archaeological site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Formerum and Hoorn.

Village
is a village on Terschelling in the province of , the . It had a population of around 211 in January 2017. The Russian ship Oka 18 sank in 1966 near this village.

Village
is a village on Terschelling in the province of , the . It had a population of around 465 in January 2017.

Village
is a small village on Terschelling in the province of , the . It had a population of around 145 in January 2017.

Terschelling

Latitude
53.4° or 53° 24′ north
Longitude
5.35° or 5° 21′ east
Population
4,870
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
9F57C82X+2X
Geo­Names ID
2746412
Wiki­data ID
Q204412
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Terschelling” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Terschelling
  • Albanian: Terschelling
  • Arabic: تيرشخيلينج
  • Aragonese: Skylge
  • Armenian: Թերշխելինգ
  • Armenian: Թերսխելինգ
  • Asturian: Terschelling
  • Basque: Terschelling
  • Belarusian: Тэрсхелінг
  • Belarusian: Тэрсхэлінг
  • Breton: Skylge
  • Breton: Terschelling
  • Catalan: Skylge
  • Catalan: Terschelling
  • Cebuano: Gemeente Terschelling
  • Chinese: Terschelling
  • Chinese: 泰尔斯海灵
  • Chinese: 泰尔斯海灵岛
  • Chinese: 泰爾斯海靈島
  • Danish: Terschelling
  • Dutch: Gemeente Terschelling
  • Dutch: Schelling
  • Dutch: Schylge
  • Dutch: Skylge
  • Dutch: Terschelling
  • Egyptian Arabic: تيرشخيلينج
  • Esperanto: Terschelling
  • Estonian: Terschelling
  • Finnish: Terschelling
  • French: Terschelling
  • German: Schylge
  • German: Terschelling
  • Greek: Τέρτσελινγκ
  • Hakka Chinese: Terschelling
  • Hebrew: טרסכלינג
  • Hungarian: Terschelling
  • Indonesian: Terschelling
  • Irish: Terschelling
  • Italian: Terschelling
  • Japanese: テルスヘリング
  • Javanese: Terschelling
  • Korean: 테르스헬링
  • Kurdish: Terschelling
  • Limburgan: Terschelling
  • Lithuanian: Teršelingas
  • Low German: Terschelling
  • Luxembourgish: Terschelling
  • Macedonian: Терсхелинг
  • Malay: Terschelling
  • Min Nan Chinese: Terschelling
  • Northern Frisian: Skylge
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Terschelling
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Skylge
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Terschelling
  • Norwegian: Terschelling
  • Persian: ترسخلینگ
  • Polish: Terschelling
  • Portuguese: Skylge
  • Portuguese: Terschelling
  • Romanian: Terschelling
  • Russian: Терсхеллинг
  • Saterfriesisch: Skylge
  • Scots: Terschelling
  • Slovenian: Terschelling
  • Spanish: Schylge
  • Spanish: Skylge
  • Spanish: Terschelling
  • Swedish: Terschelling
  • Turkish: Terschelling
  • Ukrainian: Терсхеллінг
  • Venetian: Terschelling
  • Volapük: Skylge
  • Volapük: Terschelling
  • Waray (Philippines): Terschelling
  • Western Frisian: Gemeente Skylge
  • Western Frisian: Skylge
  • Zeeuws: Terschellienge
  • Zeeuws: Terschelling

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About Mapcarta. 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 “Terschelling”. Photo: tommyvos, CC BY 2.0.