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Sailing to Borkum: SailingEurope Group
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island Borkum
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Youtube Borkum Video - Movie
For a detailed description of this island, see our info-island-page:Borkum
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Physical characteristics - Location| Coordinates: | long: 6.72100 lat : 53.59228 | | Coordinates (gr,min,sec): | long: 6°43'15.5928 lat : 53°35'32.2116 | | Surface area: | 32.4 km2 (0.085 x Isle of Wight) | | Length coastline: | 35.9 km | | Average height: | 2 metre | | Length island: | 11 km | | Maximum width island (estimate): | 7.5 km | | Name : | not known/no name (6 metre) | | Orientation island: | West - East |
Demographic data island| Habited: | Yes | | Number of inhabitants: | 5133 | | Population density: | 167 inh/km2 | | Important places (direction): | osland (M) |
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Naming - Location| Local native name: | Borkum | | Archipelago (island group): | Wadden Islands | Neighboring islands
(Island hopping): | 1) Rottumeroog 11.6 km WestSouthWest
2) Zuiderduintjes 12 km SouthWest
| | Country: | Germany | | Location in Country: | Northwest | | Name Land: | State Lower Saxony | | Name Landkreis: | District Leer | | Main place: | Borkum | | Location Main place: | West | | Sea: | Wadden Sea | | Distance to main land: | 10 km | | Nearest Country: | The Netherlands | | Type Rock outcrop: | sand | | island-Type: | island in sea |
Relief: Height Classes in percentages
Relief: Slope Classes in percentages
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Weather at Borkum
| The weather type in Borkum | broken clouds |  | | Current temperature: | 19 degrees Celcius
| | Precipitation last 3 hours: | No precipitation | | Wind: | 10.8 meter per second (Wind force - bft 6)
| | Winddirection: | South-southwest | | Atmospheric pressure: | 1013 mb
| | Humidity: | 77 %
| | Daylength at 20 September 2018: | 12 hour and 20 minutes | | Sunrise: | 07:15 Europe/Amsterdam | | Sunset: | 19:36 Europe/Amsterdam |
Weather-page: Borkum
Climate: Temperature and Precipitation
Transport on your island-holiday| Directly accessible from Western Europe (The Netherlands) by plane: | No | | International airport present : | No | | Accessible by car: | Yes | | Distance from Western Europe (The Netherlands) (rough estimate): | 261 km | | Ferry connection - Car - Car - with mainland: | Yes | | Boat Connection - pedestrian - with mainland: | Yes | | Ferry - Car - connect with another island - Island hopping: | No | | Boat Connection - pedestrian - with another island: | No | | Bicycle facilities: | Yes |
island-Sights, island-Tourism - island-attractions
island accommodation: Hotel ,Holiday Home, Camping  Hotel |
Hotel at Borkum booking.com
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 Hotel | 1) Aggen
2) Insel-Camping-Borkum
| | Holiday Home | | | Bed & Breakfast | | | accommodation-page | Borkum
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Social media - Multimedia
 Videos youtube Borkum
 Photos (Flickr) of the place Borkum
Bings maps Borkum
Mapquest Borkum
Loc.Alize.us Borkum
Landuse Borkum
| Forest |
0 km2 |
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| Nature |
13.6 km2 |
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| Agriculture |
3.2 km2 |
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| Wet nature |
5.5 km2 |
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| Water |
0.4 km2 |
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| Urban area |
3 km2 |
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| Infrastructure |
1.9 km2 |
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| Viticulture |
0 km2 |
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| Rock outcrop |
4.8 km2 |
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