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General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 13.9422,Lat: 66.8144
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	20:23:17pm
Name province/region (Fylke)	Nordland
Wiki-website Subregion (Kommune)	Meløy

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Eidbukta	9.2 km	WestNorthWest
2 Ørnes	11.9 km	WestNorthWest
3 Reipå	17.1 km	NorthWest
4 Inndyr	24.7 km	North
5 Storforshei	52.7 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	781 km	South
2 Stockholm	Sweden	864 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Helsinki	Finland	922 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Glomfjord lies at the Norwegian Sea (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Nordland. The nearest bigger lake is Storglomvatnet (29 km² at a height of around 520 meter above sea level) at a distance of 11.7 km in SouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Snøtinden with a height of 1594 meter (at a distance of 20.4 km and direction South). The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 73.9 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 103 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 12%, hill: 16%, low mountains: 42%, moderate high mountains: 28%, 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
FJORDBYGDENE I NORDLAND OG TROMS

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Tromsø Airport, Langnes (at a distance of 377 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Mo i Rana Airport, Røssvoll (at a distance of 52 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

7.6 km2

11%

Nature

26.8 km2

38.9%

Urban area

1.4 km2

Rock-Sand

25.6 km2

37.1%

Water - Lakes

2.5 km2

3.6%

Ice - Glacier

5.1 km2

7.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Glomfjord in country Norway

Glomfjord at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vegaøyan – The Vega Archipelago	Norway	165 km	SouthWest
2 Laponian Area	Sweden	169 km	EastNorthEast
3 Church Town of Gammelstad, Luleå	Sweden	389 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Glomfjord

Type of weather in Glomfjord	broken clouds
Current temperature:	-9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.42 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1023 mb
Humidity:	64 %
Daylength at 3 December 2024:	3 hour and 15 minutes
Sunrise :	10:16 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	13:31 Europe/Amsterdam