AME-2

AME-2 is a locality in Friesland, Northern Netherlands. AME-2 is situated near the locality NAM-locatie Ameland-Oost-1, as well as near Kooigrie.

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Type: Locality
Description: gas platform in the North Sea, near the Dutch island of Ameland
Also known as: “AME-2 (platform)”, “Ameland-East-2”, and “Ameland-Oost-2”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Oerdblinkert.

Oerdblinkert

Peak

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Oerdblinkert is a peak, which is situated 3½ km southeast of AME-2.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Buren and Ameland.

Buren is the easternmost village on the island of Ameland, one of the West Frisian Islands and part of the Netherlands. Buren had, as of January 2017, a population of 715. Buren is situated 6 km southwest of AME-2.

Ameland

Photo: WiDi, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Ameland is a municipality and one of the West Frisian Islands off the north coast of the Netherlands. It consists mostly of sand dunes and is the third major island of the West Frisians.

Nes

Village

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Nes is the second largest village on the island of Ameland, one of the West Frisian Islands in the northern Netherlands. It constitutes the main village of the eastern, Roman Catholic part of Ameland and had a population of 1,155 as of January 2017. Nes is situated 8 km southwest of AME-2.

AME-2

Categories: oil platform, building, and industrial building
Location: Friesland, Northern Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude

53.4834° or 53° 29′ 0″ north

Longitude

5.86701° or 5° 52′ 1″ east

Established

1983

Open location code

9F57FVM8+9R

OpenStreetMap ID

way 319112973

OpenStreetMap feature

building=industrial

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=offshore_platform

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

Wikidata ID

Q131358657

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From French to German—“AME-2” goes by many names.

French: “AME-2”
German: “Ameland-Ost-2”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: NAM-locatie Ameland-Oost-1 and Kooigrie.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Naaktstrand Ameland and Kooioerdstuifdijkduinen.

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