Bofors 120 mm cannon

Bofors 120 mm cannon is a museum in Den Helder, North Holland Peninsula, North Holland. Bofors 120 mm cannon is situated nearby to the museum Navigatiebrug HNLMS De Ruyter, as well as near the motorhome stopover Jachtwerf Willemsoord.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Dutch Navy Museum and HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen.

Dutch Navy Museum

Museum

Photo: bertknot, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Dutch Navy Museum is a naval museum in Den Helder, Netherlands. The museum is dedicated to the history of the Koninklijke Marine. The most important ships the museum owns are:… Dutch Navy Museum is situated 180 metres northeast of Bofors 120 mm cannon.

HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen

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HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen is a Jan van Amstel-class minesweeper of the Royal Netherlands Navy. Built during the 1930s, she was based in the Dutch East Indies when Japan attacked at the end of 1941. HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen is situated 200 metres east of Bofors 120 mm cannon.

Royal Naval College

Military installation

Photo: Jim van der Mee, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Royal Naval College was the service academy of the Royal Netherlands Navy. From 2005 it is part of the Koninklijk Instituut voor de Marine as part of the Nederlandse Defensie Academie in Den Helder. Royal Naval College is situated 330 metres east of Bofors 120 mm cannon.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include ‘t Horntje and De Kooy.

‘t Horntje

Hamlet

Photo: Willemnabuurs, CC BY-SA 3.0.

‘t Horntje is a hamlet, which is situated 5 km north of Bofors 120 mm cannon.

De Kooy

Hamlet

De Kooy is a hamlet in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Den Helder, and lies about 5 kilometers south-east of the Den Helder city centre. De Kooy is situated 6 km south of Bofors 120 mm cannon.

Den Hoorn

Village

Den Hoorn is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Texel, and lies about 9 km north of Den Helder. Den Hoorn is situated 7 km north of Bofors 120 mm cannon.

Bofors 120 mm cannon

Type: Museum
Categories: tourism, cannon, historic site, and tourist attraction
Location: Den Helder, North Holland Peninsula, North Holland, Western Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude

52.96279° or 52° 57′ 46″ north

Longitude

4.76956° or 4° 46′ 10″ east

Open location code

9F46XQ79+4R

OpenStreetMap ID

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OpenStreetMap feature

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Navigatiebrug HNLMS De Ruyter and Jachtwerf Willemsoord.

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