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West Frisian Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (211 words) |
 | The West Frisian Islands (Dutch: Waddeneilanden) are a chain of islands in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. |
| From west to east the islands are: Texel, Vlieland, Terschelling, Ameland, Schiermonnikoog and the uninhabited islands of Rottumeroog, Rottumerplaat and Zuiderduintjes. |
| The Frisian Islands are nowadays mostly famous as a holiday destination. |
| Frisian Islands - LoveToKnow 1911 (1096 words) |
| FRISIAN ISLANDS, a chain of islands, lying from 3 to 20 M. from the mainland, and stretching from the Zuider Zee E. and N. as far as Jutland, along the coasts of Holland and Germany. |
| The chain of the Frisian Islands marks the outer fringe of the former continental coast-line, and is separated from the mainland by shallows, known as Wadden or Watten, answering to the maria vadosa of the Romans. |
| The West Frisian Islands belong to the kingdom of the Netherlands, and embrace Texel or Tessel (71 sq. |
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