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General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 13.5379,Lat: 68.073
Elevation	3 meter above sea level
Local time	17:29:33pm
At island	Ballstadøya
Name province/region	Nordland
Name Subregion	Vestvågøy

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Gravdal	5.1 km	North
2 Leknes	8.9 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Stamsund	14.3 km	EastNorthEast
4 Reine	24.3 km	SouthWest
5 Henningsvær	29.1 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	914 km	South
2 Stockholm	Sweden	1003 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Helsinki	Finland	1041 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Ballstad lies at the Norwegian Sea (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Nordland. The nearest bigger lake is Storvatnet (6.7 km² at a height of around 55 meter above sea level) at a distance of 86.9 km in EastSouthEastern direction).The place is located at an island named Ballstadøya. The distance to the mainland is 58.1 km.

The nearest mountain is Himmeltindan with a height of 964 meter (at a distance of 16.4 km and direction North). The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 127.6 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 179 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 20%, low location: 63%, hill: 16%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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

Name
LOFOTEN OG VESTERÅLEN

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Tromsø Airport, Langnes (at a distance of 280 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Leknes Airport (at a distance of 9.3 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.7 km2

7.1%

Nature

14.9 km2

61.2%

Wet nature

0.8 km2

3.2%

Agriculture

5.5 km2

22.7%

Urban area

0.8 km2

3.1%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

2.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ballstad in country Norway

Ballstad at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Laponian Area	Sweden	192 km	EastSouthEast
2 Vegaøyan – The Vega Archipelago	Norway	283 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Rock Art of Alta	Norway	438 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Ballstad
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	Bings maps
	Mapquest
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	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gravdal

Type of weather in Gravdal	clear sky
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	68 %
Daylength at 27 April 2024:	17 hour and 29 minutes
Sunrise :	04:18 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:47 Europe/Amsterdam