Den Helder

British  

/ dɛn ˈhɛldər /

noun

1. a port in the W Netherlands, in North Holland province: fortified by Napoleon in 1811; naval station. Pop: 60 000 (2003 est)

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Example Sentences

The analysis makes it clear that in the study areas around the radars in Den Helder and Herwijnen alone, almost 400,000 birds take off immediately at the start of the fireworks during New Year's Eve.

From Science Daily • Dec. 11, 2023

At the time of the incident, the L5A platform, 103 kilometers north of Den Helder, was out of production and depressurized, the company said.

From Reuters • Jun. 14, 2013

Fighting the Japanese first became Conrad Helfrich's serious study when he was a chubby cadet at Den Helder, the Royal Naval College in Holland.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the early 1920s, when he was teaching other young sprouts at Den Helder, his favorite lecture was on the coming war between the U.S. and Japan.

From Time Magazine Archive

Den Helder is a naval port, the headquarters of the Dutch navy.

From The Authoritative Life of General William Booth by Railton, George S. (George Scott)