Marken Island (Netherlands)
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Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q301415
Library of congress:
sh 98002381
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: 98135906: Schutte, G.J. Marken, 1998:t.p. (Marken ... eiland)
- Grote Winkler Prins encyc., 1979:v. 5, p. 63 (Marken; island in IJsselmeer)
- BGN Netherlands, 1982(Marken, Island 52⁰27ʹN 5⁰07ʹE)
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Wikipedia description:
Marken (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmɑrkə(n)]; Marken's dialect: Mereke) is a village in the municipality of Waterland in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. It had a population of 1,745 as of 2021, and occupies a peninsula in the Markermeer. It was, until 1957, an island in the former Zuiderzee. The characteristic wooden houses of Marken are a tourist attraction.
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