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General information - Location

CountryNorway
Location in country West
Location in EuropeNorth Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: 4.8367,Lat: 60.8974 marker
Elevation meter above sea level
Local time18:30:02pm
At islandByrknesøyna
Name province/regionSogn og Fjordane
Name SubregionGulen

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Kaland13.6 km SouthEast
2 Årås13.8 km SouthSouthEast
3 Fedje15 km SouthWest
4 Eivindvik16.2 km EastNorthEast
5 Hardbakke20.1 km North

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 OsloNorway343 km EastSouthEast
2 Tórshavn   Faroe-islands629 km WestNorthWest
3 København   Denmark733 km SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Byrknes lies at the North Sea (direction West). The nearest bigger lake is Osterøyni (7.6 km2 at a height of around 153 meter above sea level) at a distance of 53.5 km in SouthEastern direction).The place is located at an island named Byrknesøyna. The distance to the mainland is 5 km.

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 401.6 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 562 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 29%, low location: 71%, 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
KYSTBYGDENE PÅ VESTLANDET

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bergen Airport, Flesland (at a distance of 70 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Florø Airport (at a distance of 77 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Nature   31.4 km2 
 87.6% 
 Wet nature   2.5 km2 
 7% 
 Agriculture   1.9 km2 
 5.4% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation


Location of Byrknes in country Norway


Byrknes at Physical map (height map)


Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 BryggenNorway62 km SouthSouthEast
2 Urnes Stave ChurchNorway142 km EastNorthEast
3 West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and NærøyfjordNorway184 km NorthEast


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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)




Current weather at Austrheim

Type of weather in Austrheimscattered clouds weericoon
Current temperature: 7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 1.78 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction: North West
Air pressure: 1014 mb
Humidity: 65 %
Daylength at 27 April 2024:15 hour and 48 minutes
Sunrise :05:43 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :21:32 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Austrheim - NO (longitude: 4.8367, latitude: 60.8974)
Distance weather station to place (direction N): 0 Kilometers

20:00
7 degrees
1014 mbar
scattered cloudsweericoon
23:00
7 degrees
1014 mbar
scattered cloudsweericoon
2:00
7 degrees
1013 mbar
few cloudsweericoon
5:00
7 degrees
1012 mbar
clear skyweericoon
8:00
9 degrees
1012 mbar
clear skyweericoon
11:00
9 degrees
1010 mbar
few cloudsweericoon
14:00
9 degrees
1008 mbar
broken cloudsweericoon
17:00
8 degrees
1006 mbar
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