North Tower
The North Tower is the unofficial name for one of the lighthouses on the Dutch island Schiermonnikoog, one of the Frisian Islands, on the edge of the North Sea; the other is the South Tower.Photo: Bert Kaufmann, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in the Netherlands
- Also known as: “Lighthouse of Schiermonnikoog” and “Noordertoren”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sint-Egbertuskapel and Zuidertoren.
Sint-Egbertuskapel
Church
Photo: Gouwenaar, Public domain.
Sint-Egbertuskapel is a church, which is situated 570 metres east of North Tower.
Zuidertoren
Lighthouse
Zuidertoren is a lighthouse, which is situated 1 km southeast of North Tower.
Schelpenmuseum Paal 14
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Schelpenmuseum Paal 14 is situated 1 km southeast of North Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Schiermonnikoog.
Schiermonnikoog
Photo: Baykedevries, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl.
Schiermonnikoog is the easternmost of the inhabited West Frisian Islands, that being the Dutch islands in the Wadden Sea.
North Tower
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Friesland, Northern Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.48684° or 53° 29′ 13″ northLongitude
6.14653° or 6° 8′ 48″ eastInception
1854Height
30 metres (98 feet)Open location code
9F58F4PW+PJOpenStreetMap ID
way 270501543OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseWikidata ID
Q748679
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Western Frisian—“North Tower” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Noordertoren”
- Danish: “rijksmonumentnummer 33328”
- Dutch: “Noordertoren”
- Dutch: “rijksmonumentnummer 33328”
- French: “phare nord de Schiermonnikoog”
- French: “Phare nord de Schiermonnikoog”
- German: “Leuchtturm Noordertoren”
- German: “Noordertoren”
- Western Frisian: “Noardertoer”
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