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General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.3887,Lat: 59.4262
Elevation	89 meter above sea level
Local time	18:00:26pm
Name province/region	Rogaland
Name Subregion	Tysvær

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Aksdal	3.3 km	EastSouthEast
2 Eike	4 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Haugesund	6.9 km	West
4 Padlene	7 km	SouthEast
5 Visnes	12.4 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	307 km	East
2 København	Denmark	596 km	SouthEast
3 Glasgow	Scotland	703 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Førdesfjorden lies at the North Sea (direction SouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named SE South West. The nearest bigger lake is Stordalsvatnet (8.2 km² at a height of around 50 meter above sea level) at a distance of 45 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 350.5 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 491 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 94%, hill: 3%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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

Name
YTRE FJORDBYGDER PÅ VESTLANDET

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Stavanger Airport, Sola (at a distance of 63 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Haugesund Airport, Karmøy (at a distance of 14 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

9.5 km2

12.8%

Nature

37.4 km2

50.6%

Wet nature

0.6 km2

0.7%

Agriculture

14.2 km2

19.2%

Urban area

5.3 km2

7.1%

Water - Lakes

7 km2

9.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Førdesfjorden in country Norway

Førdesfjorden at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bryggen	Norway	108 km	North
2 Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site	Norway	188 km	EastNorthEast
3 Urnes Stave Church	Norway	235 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Aksdal

Type of weather in Aksdal	clear sky
Current temperature:	22 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.14 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	37 %
Daylength at 1 May 2024:	15 hour and 55 minutes
Sunrise :	05:38 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:32 Europe/Amsterdam