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General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 23.6959,Lat: 70.6659
Elevation	41 meter above sea level
Local time	4:26:11am
At island	Kvaløya
Name province/region (Fylke)	Finnmark#Finnmárku
Wiki-website Subregion (Kommune)	Hammerfest

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Rypefjord	3.6 km	South
2 Havøysund	50.7 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Breivikbotn	52.9 km	WestSouthWest
4 Hasvik	60.3 km	WestSouthWest
5 Øksfjord	68.6 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Helsinki	Finland	1169 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Tallinn	Estonia	1251 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Stockholm	Sweden	1287 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Hammerfest lies at the Norwegian Sea (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Tenojoki coastal: Altaelva, part of the larger catchment area Finnmark. The nearest bigger lake is Havvannet (3.7 km² at a height of around 292 meter above sea level) at a distance of 41.1 km in EastNorthEastern direction).The place is located at an island named Kvaløya. The distance to the mainland is 0.6 km.

The most nearby international border is the Norwegian-Finnish border with a straight distance of 133.9 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 187 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 57%, hill: 42%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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

Name
KYSTBYGDENE I VEST-FINNMARK

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Tromsø Airport, Langnes (at a distance of 211 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Hammerfest Airport (at a distance of 1.9 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

49.9 km2

88.2%

Urban area

5.1 km2

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.6%

Rock-Sand

0.2 km2

0.3%

Water - Lakes

1.1 km2

1.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Hammerfest in country Norway

Hammerfest at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rock Art of Alta	Norway	81 km	South
2 Laponian Area	Sweden	440 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Church Town of Gammelstad, Luleå	Sweden	559 km	South

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van Hammerfest
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	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Hammerfest
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Hammerfest

Type of weather in Hammerfest	few clouds
Current temperature:	-9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	73 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	0 hour and 0 minutes
Sunrise :	01:00 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	01:00 Europe/Amsterdam