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General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 16.5413,Lat: 68.7999
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	15:14:28pm
At island	Hinnoya
Name province/region (Fylke)	Troms#Romsa
Wiki-website Subregion (Kommune)	Harstad

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kasfjord	8.8 km	WestNorthWest
2 Borkenes	15.4 km	WestSouthWest
3 Evenskjær	23.7 km	South
4 Ibestad	25.8 km	East
5 Fjelldal	26.9 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	1022 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Helsinki	Finland	1043 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Stockholm	Sweden	1060 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Harstad lies at the Norwegian Sea (direction NorthEast).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 16.4 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 71.5 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 100 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 13%, low location: 70%, hill: 16%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. 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 135 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes (at a distance of 35 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

22.4 km2

50%

Nature

0.7 km2

1.7%

Wet nature

2.5 km2

5.6%

Agriculture

6.9 km2

15.4%

Urban area

9.4 km2

21.1%

Water - Lakes

0.5 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Harstad in country Norway

Harstad at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Laponian Area	Sweden	168 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Rock Art of Alta	Norway	291 km	NorthEast
3 Vegaøyan – The Vega Archipelago	Norway	408 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Harstad

Type of weather in Harstad	clear sky
Current temperature:	-5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	76 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	3 hour and 31 minutes
Sunrise :	09:54 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	13:25 Europe/Amsterdam