West Frisian Islands Waddeneilanden
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Noord-Holland
Strung out along the north and northwest coasts of the Netherlands are the West Frisian islands (in Dutch Waddeneilanden) of Texel, Vlieland, Terschelling, Schiermonnikoog and Rottum, lying at varying distances (between 2km/1-.25mi and 25km/15mi) off the mainland. The West Frisian islands are continued to the east by the East Frisian islands off the coast of Germany. The chain of islands protects the mainland, from which they are separated by the Waddenzee, from the open North Sea.
As recently as 2,500 years ago the Waddenzee was a large expanse of moorland which was sheltered from the destructive force of the sea by a barrier of sand mixed with flotsam cast up by the waves. Thereafter the steady rise in sea level resulting from the melting of the glaciers of the last ice age combined with the subsidence of the land led to the flooding of great stretches of the old moorland.
Strung out along the north and northwest coasts of the Netherlands are the West Frisian islands (in Dutch Waddeneilanden) of Texel, Vlieland, Terschelling, Schiermonnikoog and Rottum, lying at varying distances (between 2km/1-.25mi and 25km/15mi) off the mainland. The West Frisian islands are continued to the east by the East Frisian islands off the coast of Germany. The chain of islands protects the mainland, from which they are separated by the Waddenzee, from the open North Sea.
As recently as 2,500 years ago the Waddenzee was a large expanse of moorland which was sheltered from the destructive force of the sea by a barrier of sand mixed with flotsam cast up by the waves. Thereafter the steady rise in sea level resulting from the melting of the glaciers of the last ice age combined with the subsidence of the land led to the flooding of great stretches of the old moorland.
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Ferry from Lauwerskoog to Schiermonnikoog, Schiermonnikoog, Groningen , Netherlands
Facilities: Beach
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An old wood church in De Koog.
Brandaris from the dunes on the Isle of Terschelling.
Tombstone on the Isle of Terschelling.
Tire treds on the beach in Texel.
Typical architecture in De Koog.
