Sand engine

The sand engine or sand motor is a type of beach nourishment where a large volume of sediment is added to a coast. The natural forces of wind, waves and tides then distribute the sand along the coast over many years, preventing the need for repetitive beach nourishment.
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  • Type: Beach
  • Description: coastal protection project in South Holland, the Netherlands
  • Also known as: “sand engine”, “Sand Motor”, and “Sand Motor DeltaDuin”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Zandmotormeer and Landgoed Ockenburgh.

Photo: Smiley.toerist, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 390 metres northeast of Sand engine.

Park
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is a park, which is situated 2 km east of Sand engine.

Museum
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is situated 3 km east of Sand engine.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Strandslag 1 and Waldeck.

Locality
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is a locality.

Neighborhood
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is a wijk in the Loosduinen stadsdeel. borders Kijkduin in the southwest, Bohemen en Meer en Bos in the northwest, Vruchtenbuurt in the northeast, in the southeast and Loosduinen in the south. is situated 2½ km east of Sand engine.

Quarter
is a Dutch subdistrict of the district in . The subdistrict is located in the western part of at the municipal border of Monster. is situated 2½ km northeast of Sand engine.

Sand engine

Latitude
52.05337° or 52° 3′ 12″ north
Longitude
4.19253° or 4° 11′ 33″ east
Open location code
9F46353V+82
Open­Street­Map ID
way 152867296
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­beach
Wiki­data ID
Q1393347
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Satellite Map

Discover Sand engine from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Vietnamese—“Sand engine” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Motor de sorra”
  • Dutch: “De Zandmotor”
  • Dutch: “Zandmotor DeltaDuin”
  • Dutch: “Zandmotor”
  • French: “Moteur de sable”
  • German: “Sandmotor DeltaDuin”
  • German: “Sandmotor”
  • Hausa: “Injin yashi”
  • Vietnamese: “Động cơ cát”

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Highlights include Solleveld and Sollebos.

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