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Afsluitdijk (Netherlands)

LC control no.sh2007009587
Geographic headingAfsluitdijk (Netherlands)
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Geographic subdivision usageNetherlands--Afsluitdijk
Variant(s)Closure Dike (Netherlands)
See alsoDikes (Engineering)--Netherlands
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Found inWork cat.: Brugman, G. Recht door zee, 2007: p. 4 of cover (The Afsluitdijk is an exceptional feat of civil engineering ... the Waddenzee on one side and the IJsselmeer on the other ... a dike through the sea)
Wikipedia, 1 Nov. 2007 (The Afsluitdijk (English: Closure Dike) is a major dike in the Netherlands, constructed between 1927 and 1933 and running from Den Oever on Wieringen in North Holland province, to the village of Zurich (mun. Wunseradiel) in Friesland province, over a length of 32 km (20 miles))