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View of the North Sea Canal to Amsterdam, Netherlands - 1999

This is the view of the North Sea Canal to Amsterdam, seen from the locks in IJmuiden.

The North Sea Canal (Dutch: Noordzeekanaal) is a Dutch ship canal from Amsterdam to the North Sea at IJmuiden, constructed between 1865 and 1876 to enable seafaring vessels to reach the port of Amsterdam. This man-made channel terminates at Amsterdam in the closed-off IJ Bay, which in turn connects to the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal.

The North Sea is over 21 kilometers long, 170 meters wide and 16 meters deep.

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