Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: Lower Saxony
• Level 3: Landkreis Friesland
• Level 4: Schortens

Current local time in Schortens:

07:08 PM, Thursday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Schortens on map:^[1]

Schortens GPS coordinates^[2]

53° 31' 59.988" North, 7° 57' 0" East

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	53.94918°,	7.24688°
Center:	53.53333°,	7.95°
Lower-right:	53.11336°,	8.65313°
Map W x H:	92.9×92.9 km	= 57.7×57.7mi

max Lat:	55.01917°   ⇑14.1% North
Schortens:	53.53333°
min Lat:	⇓85.9% South 47.40724°

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min Long	Schortens	max Long
5.92978°	7.95°	14.98853°
W 21.9%⇐		⇒78.1% E

Elevation

Elevation of Schortens is 6 m = 20 ft, and this is 243.1 m = 798 ft below average elevation for this country.

Max E:	1256 m = 4121 ft	96.2%
Avg.	249.1 m = 817 ft
Schortens	6 m = 20 ft
Min E:	-5 m = -16 ft	3.8%

See also: Germany elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

Schortens is located in North temperate zone (between Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle). Distance of this North polar circle is 1448.8 km =900.2 mi to North.

Distance of	km	miles	from Schortens
North Pole	4054.7	2519.5	to North
Arctic Circle	1448.8	900.2	to North
Tropic Cancer	3346.4	2079.4	to South
Equator	5952.3	3698.6	to South

Nearby cities:

15 places around Schortens: (largest is in red/bold)

• Bockhorn 15.5 km =9.6 mi, 163°
• Carolinensiel 20.1 km =12.5 mi, 330°
• Dunum 21.2 km =13.2 mi, 290°
• Fedderwarden 6.9 km =4.3 mi, 63°
• Friedeburg 12.1 km =7.5 mi, 219°
• Jever 5.6 km =3.5 mi, 322°
• Sande 5.3 km =3.3 mi, 126°
• Schillig 19.5 km =12.1 mi, 14°
• Sillenstede 5.1 km =3.2 mi, 26°
• Varel 19.5 km =12.1 mi, 140°
• Werdum 20.6 km =12.8 mi, 312°
• Wiesmoor 19.3 km =12 mi, 227°
• Wilhelmshaven 10.7 km =6.6 mi, 91°
• Wittmund 12.3 km =7.6 mi, 293°
• Zetel 13.2 km =8.2 mi, 170°

In other languages:

• In Russian: Шортенс
• In Chinese: 绍尔滕斯