Netherlands, The Zaaneiland (William Pont island) is half of the former island Oostzijder Kattengat, this island was dug in half when between 1879 and 1884 the Voorzaan between Zaandam and the North Sea Canal straightened. After Wiliam Pont left the island in the 1990s, it was given a residential destination..© 6 aug 2018 Marco van Middelkoop/Aerophoto-Schiphol