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No. 00403
Largest Storm Surge Barrier in the Netherlands
- Holder
- Oosterscheldekering
- Country
- Netherlands
- Date
- 4 October 1986
- Location
- Netherlands
- Certificate
- GBR-C-2026-0000395
About this record
The Oosterscheldekering in the Netherlands, opened on 4 October 1986, is a 9 km storm surge barrier with a 3 km closable section, 65 concrete piers and 62 movable steel gates that can all close in about 75 minutes, entered by GBR into its World Records Register as a unique maritime structure protecting land from flooding.
