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General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 23.2723,Lat: 69.969
Elevation	63 meter above sea level
Local time	13:41:35pm
Name province/region (Fylke)	Finnmark#Finnmárku
Wiki-website Subregion (Kommune)	Alta
Other place with same name 1	Alta Stockholms län - Nacka

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Tverrelvdalen	9.7 km	EastSouthEast
2 Rafsbotn	11.4 km	NorthEast
3 Øksfjord	46.5 km	WestNorthWest
4 Lakselv	65.9 km	EastNorthEast
5 Hasvik	71.8 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Helsinki	Finland	1093 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Tallinn	Estonia	1176 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Stockholm	Sweden	1209 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Alta lies at the Norwegian Sea (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Tenojoki coastal: Altaelva, part of the larger catchment area Finnmark. The nearest bigger lake is Oksfjordvatnet (5.7 km² at a height of around 7 meter above sea level) at a distance of 71.3 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Norwegian-Finnish border with a straight distance of 99.1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 139 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 9%, low location: 89%, hill: 2%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
FJORDBYGDENE I NORDLAND OG TROMS

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Tromsø Airport, Langnes (at a distance of 172 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Alta Airport (at a distance of 3.9 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

12.8 km2

28.8%

Nature

2.9 km2

6.6%

Wet nature

3.6 km2

8.1%

Agriculture

13.6 km2

30.5%

Urban area

9.1 km2

20.4%

Infrastructure

0.7 km2

1.5%

Water - Lakes

1.6 km2

3.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Alta in country Norway

Alta at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rock Art of Alta	Norway	4 km	SouthWest
2 Laponian Area	Sweden	370 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Church Town of Gammelstad, Luleå	Sweden	481 km	South

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Alta
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Alta

Type of weather in Alta	broken clouds
Current temperature:	-13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	85 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	2 hour and 21 minutes
Sunrise :	10:02 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	12:23 Europe/Amsterdam