Selfkant geodata
Selfkant (North Rhine-Westphalia) is a seat of a fourth-order administrative division; located in Germany in Europe/Berlin (GMT+2) time zone. In our database, there are 11009 cities with bigger population. Compared to other cities in Germany, 58.5% of cities are located further ↓South; 100% of cities are located further →East and 79.4% of cities have higher elevation than Selfkant. Note1
Administrative division(s):
- Level 1: North Rhine-Westphalia
- Level 2: Regierungsbezirk Köln
- Level 3: Kreis Heinsberg
- Level 4: Selfkant
Selfkant GPS coordinates[2]
51° 1' 19.632" North, 5° 55' 47.208" East
| Map corner | latitude | longitude |
|---|---|---|
| Upper-left | 51.46229°, | 5.22665° |
| Center: | 51.02212°, | 5.92978° |
| Lower-right: | 50.57773°, | 6.6329° |
| Map W x H: | 98.4×98.4 km | = 61.1×61.1mi |
| max Lat: | 55.01917° ⇑41.5% North |
| Selfkant: | 51.02212° |
| min Lat: | ⇓58.5% South 47.40724° |
| min Long | Selfkant | max Long |
| 5.92978° | 5.92978° | 14.98853° |
| W 0%⇐ | ⇒100% E |
Elevation
Elevation of Selfkant is 48 m = 157 ft, and this is 201.1 m = 660 ft below average elevation for this country.
| Max E: |
1256 m = 4121 ft | 79.4% |
| Avg. | 249.1 m = 817 ft | |
| Selfkant | 48 m = 157 ft | |
Min E: |
-5 m = -16 ft | 20.6% |
See also: Germany elevation on elevation.city.
Geographical zone
Selfkant is located in North temperate zone (between Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle). Distance of this North polar circle is 1728 km =1073.7 mi to North.| Distance of | km | miles | from Selfkant |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Pole | 4333.9 | 2693 | to North |
| Arctic Circle | 1728 | 1073.7 | to North |
| Tropic Cancer | 3067.2 | 1905.9 | to South |
| Equator | 5673.1 | 3525.1 | to South |
Nearby cities:
15 places around Selfkant: (largest is in red/bold)
• Alsdorf
23 km =14.3 mi, 
134°
• Baesweiler
22 km =13.7 mi, 
124°
• Dürboslar
26.3 km =16.3 mi, 119°
• Freialdenhoven
24.7 km =15.3 mi, 115°
• Gangelt
5.8 km =3.6 mi, 124°
• Geilenkirchen
14.5 km =9 mi, 
114°
• Heinsberg
12.7 km =7.9 mi, 
68°
• Herzogenrath
20.5 km =12.7 mi, 
146°
• Hückelhoven
21.1 km =13.1 mi, 
79°
• Linnich
24.3 km =15.1 mi, 
101°
• Schleiden
26.8 km =16.7 mi, 124°
• Siersdorf
24.9 km =15.5 mi, 123°
• Waldfeucht
6.4 km =4 mi, 
39°
• Wassenberg
18 km =11.2 mi, 
61°
• Übach-Palenberg
17.8 km =11.1 mi, 130°
Sources, notices
• [Note1] Compared only with cities in Germany existing in our database
• [Src1] Map data: © OpenStreetMap contributors (CC-BY-SA)
• [Src2] Other city data from geonames.org with taken over terms of usage.
• [Src3] Geographical zone / Annual Mean Temperature by Robert A. Rohde @ Wikipedia
