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General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 16.8282,Lat: 68.3409
Elevation	4 meter above sea level
Local time	6:37:19am
Name province/region	Nordland
Name Subregion	Ballangen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Liland	15.6 km	North
2 Håkvik	21.1 km	EastNorthEast
3 Ramsund	21.2 km	NorthWest
4 Bogen	21.4 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Narvik	26.8 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	978 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Helsinki	Finland	992 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Stockholm	Sweden	1009 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Ballangen lies at the Norwegian Sea (direction EastNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Nordland. The nearest bigger lake is Børsvatnet (11.8 km² at a height of around 89 meter above sea level) at a distance of 3.5 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Stetinden with a height of 1391 meter (at a distance of 21.7 km and direction SouthSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 31.2 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 44 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 6%, low location: 42%, hill: 35%, low mountains: 14%, moderate high mountains: 2%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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 170 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes (at a distance of 18 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

37.9 km2

52.8%

Nature

15.2 km2

21.1%

Wet nature

2.5 km2

3.5%

Agriculture

11.5 km2

16%

Urban area

1.1 km2

1.6%

Rock-Sand

0.4 km2

0.6%

Water - Lakes

2.9 km2

4.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ballangen in country Norway

Ballangen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Laponian Area	Sweden	116 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Rock Art of Alta	Norway	308 km	NorthEast
3 Vegaøyan – The Vega Archipelago	Norway	374 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Ballangen
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ballangen

Type of weather in Ballangen	broken clouds
Current temperature:	4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	18 hour and 40 minutes
Sunrise :	03:29 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:09 Europe/Amsterdam