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General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 16.1712,Lat: 68.7733
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	10:46:53am
At island	Hinnoya
Name province/region (Fylke)	Troms#Romsa
Wiki-website Subregion (Kommune)	Kvæfjord

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kasfjord	9.5 km	NorthEast
2 Harstad	15.4 km	EastNorthEast
3 Evenskjær	26.6 km	SouthEast
4 Fjelldal	28.3 km	SouthEast
5 Sigerfjord	30.5 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	1014 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Helsinki	Finland	1047 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Stockholm	Sweden	1059 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Borkenes lies at the Norwegian Sea (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Nordland. The nearest bigger lake is Storvatnet (6.8 km² at a height of around 135 meter above sea level) at a distance of 16.1 km in SouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Skardtindan with a height of 890 meter (at a distance of 16 km and direction West). The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 84.7 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 119 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 45%, hill: 47%, low mountains: 4%, 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 148 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes (at a distance of 38 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

30.5 km2

62.3%

Nature

4.8 km2

9.9%

Wet nature

4.4 km2

9.1%

Agriculture

8.3 km2

16.9%

Urban area

0.7 km2

1.3%

Rock-Sand

0.3 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Borkenes in country Norway

Borkenes at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Laponian Area	Sweden	170 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Rock Art of Alta	Norway	305 km	EastNorthEast
3 Vegaøyan – The Vega Archipelago	Norway	398 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Borkenes

Type of weather in Borkenes	snow
Current temperature:	0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	984 mb
Humidity:	85 %
Daylength at 23 November 2024:	3 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	10:07 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	13:16 Europe/Amsterdam