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    Vlieland

    Flylân, Flevolandia

    53°14′N 4°55′E

    Vlieland (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈvlilɑnt] ; West Frisian: Flylân [ˈflilɔ̃ːn]) is a municipality and island in the northern Netherlands. The municipality of Vlieland is the second most sparsely populated municipality in the Netherlands, after Schiermonnikoog.

    Aerial image of Vlieland (view from the west)
    Aerial image of Vlieland (view from the west)

    Carsten Steger / CC BY-SA 4.0

    Terrain

    53°14′N 4°55′E

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    Overview

    Vlieland (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈvlilɑnt] ; West Frisian: Flylân [ˈflilɔ̃ːn]) is a municipality and island in the northern Netherlands. The municipality of Vlieland is the second most sparsely populated municipality in the Netherlands, after Schiermonnikoog. Vlieland is one of the West Frisian Islands, lying in the Wadden Sea. It is the second island from the west in the chain, lying between Texel and Terschelling. The island was permanently separated from the mainland in St. Lucia's flood in 1287. Vlieland was named after the Vlie, the seaway between it and Terschelling that was the estuary of the river IJssel in medieval times. Richel is a permanently dry sandbank, located about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) east of the northernmost point of Vlieland and is administered by the municipality of Vlieland.

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    Nearest islands

    Also in West Frisian Islands

    Also in Frisian Islands

    • Texel

      159 km²▲ 24 m

      Major islands

    • Rømø

      129 km²▲ 3 m

      Major islands

    • Terschelling

      85.2 km²▲ 31 m

      Major islands

    • Föhr

      82.8 km²▲ 11 m

      Major islands

    • Fanø

      60.7 km²▲ 21 m

      Major islands

    • Ameland

      57.4 km²▲ 24 m

      Major islands

    • Sylt

      57.3 km²▲ 53 m

      Major islands

    • Schiermonnikoog

      43.7 km²▲ 20 m

      Major islands

    Sources

    Facts

    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
    • Talus
    • Wikidata
    • Wikipedia

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