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General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.9363,Lat: 59.9014
Elevation	133 meter above sea level
Local time	14:08:06pm
Name province/region (Fylke)	Buskerud
Wiki-website Subregion (Kommune)	Modum

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Skotselv	6.8 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Vikersund	7.9 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Sysle	10.4 km	North
4 Oddevall/Sjåstad	16.3 km	EastSouthEast
5 Ormåsen	17.4 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	45 km	East
2 Stockholm	Sweden	467 km	East
3 København	Denmark	491 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Skagerrak is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 24 km (direction SouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named West Bay. The nearest bigger lake is Tyrifjorden (137.6 km² at a height of around 62 meter above sea level) at a distance of 7.7 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 104.5 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 146 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 62%, hill: 32%, low mountains: 6%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
LÅGLANDSDALFØRA I TELEMARK, BUSKERUD OG VESTFOLD

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (at a distance of 73 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Notodden Airport (at a distance of 55 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

47.2 km2

60%

Nature

4 km2

5.1%

Agriculture

20 km2

25.4%

Urban area

4.7 km2

Water - Lakes

2.8 km2

3.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Åmot/Geithus in country Norway

Åmot/Geithus at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site	Norway	75 km	West
2 Rock Carvings in Tanum	Sweden	156 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Urnes Stave Church	Norway	211 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vikersund

Type of weather in Vikersund	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	-1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.64 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	992 mb
Humidity:	33 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	7 hour and 7 minutes
Sunrise :	08:33 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	15:39 Europe/Amsterdam