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Borkum

Borkum (; ) is an island and a town in the Leer District in Lower Saxony, northwestern Germany. It is situated in the Wadden Sea, to the east of Rottumeroog and west of Juist.

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Borkum is an island and town located in the Leer District of Lower Saxony in northwestern Germany, situated in the Wadden Sea between two other islands. It serves as a populated settlement in a unique coastal region known for its tidal flats and marine environment.

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German location.type: Stadt
German location.imagesize: 250px
German location.image_caption: Aerial view of Borkum
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel: 03 4 57 002
German location.name: Borkum
German location.image_photo: Aerial image of Borkum (view from the west).jpg
German location.image_flag: Flagge Borkum.svg
German location.image_coa: DEU Borkum COA.svg
German location.image_plan: Borkum in LER.svg
German location.state: Lower Saxony
German location.district: Leer
German location.elevation: 6
German location.area: 30.98
German location.postal_code: 26757
German location.area_code: +49 4922
German location.licence: LER
German location.website: www.stadt-borkum.de
German location.mayor: Jürgen Tönjes Akkermann

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Population: 5012
Area: 30.98
Elevation: 6
Official website: www.stadt-borkum.de
Image: Aerial image of Borkum (view from the west).jpg
Dialing code: 04922
Licence plate code: LER
Motto: mediis tranquillus in undis

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Commons category: Borkum
Commons gallery: Borkum
postal code: 26757
native label: Borkum
P8168: nitric acid
hashtag: Borkum

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Borkum (; ) is an island and a town in the Leer District in Lower Saxony, northwestern Germany. It is situated in the Wadden Sea, to the east of Rottumeroog and west of Juist.

==Geography== thumb|left|Island location (left) thumb|left|Island map Borkum is bordered to the west by the Westerems strait (which forms the border with the Netherlands), to the east by the Osterems strait, to the north by the North Sea, and to the south by the Wadden Sea. It is the largest and westernmost of the East Frisian Islands in the North Sea, due north of the Dutch province of Groningen.