Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: Friesland
• Level 2: Gemeente Leeuwarden

Current local time in Britsum:

06:11 AM, Tuesday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Britsum on map:^[1]

Britsum GPS coordinates^[2]

53° 15' 15.408" North, 5° 47' 8.736" East

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	53.67287°,	5.08264°
Center:	53.25428°,	5.78576°
Lower-right:	52.83155°,	6.48889°
Map W x H:	93.5×93.5 km	= 58.1×58.1mi

max Lat:	53.48025°   ⇑4% North
Britsum:	53.25428°
min Lat:	⇓96% South 50.76917°

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min Long	Britsum	max Long
3.38611°	5.78576°	7.16528°
W 56.8%⇐		⇒43.2% E

Elevation

Elevation of Britsum is 2 m = 7 ft, and this is 13 m = 43 ft below average elevation for this country.

Max E:	203 m = 666 ft	74.9%
Avg.	15 m = 49 ft
Britsum	2 m = 7 ft
Min E:	-6 m = -20 ft	25.1%

See also: Netherlands elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

Britsum is located in North temperate zone (between Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle). Distance of this North polar circle is 1479.9 km =919.6 mi to North.

Distance of	km	miles	from Britsum
North Pole	4085.7	2538.7	to North
Arctic Circle	1479.9	919.6	to North
Tropic Cancer	3315.4	2060.1	to South
Equator	5921.3	3679.3	to South

Nearby cities:

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

• Aldtsjerk 6.9 km =4.3 mi, 78°
• Bilgaard 4.4 km =2.7 mi, 171°
• Burdaard 7.6 km =4.7 mi, 54°
• Camminghaburen 6.3 km =3.9 mi, 142°
• Gytsjerk 7.4 km =4.6 mi, 99°
• Hallum 5.8 km =3.6 mi, 358°
• Heechterp 5.5 km =3.4 mi, 153°
• Hoek 5.6 km =3.5 mi, 168°
• Huizum 7.2 km =4.5 mi, 166°
• Leeuwarden 6.1 km =3.8 mi, 165°
• Marsum 6.3 km =3.9 mi, 219°
• Oude Bildtzijl 6.8 km =4.2 mi, 318°
• Stiens 2.1 km =1.3 mi, 295°
• Vrouwenparochie 6.3 km =3.9 mi, 296°
• Westeinde 5.2 km =3.2 mi, 192°