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General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 30.0423,Lat: 69.728
Elevation	36 meter above sea level
Local time	19:13:45pm
Name province/region (Fylke)	Finnmark#Finnmárku
Wiki-website Subregion (Kommune)	Sør-Varanger

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hesseng	4.9 km	South
2 Bjørnevatn	6.8 km	South
3	34.6 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Kuyetsyarvi Ozero	35.1 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Vadsø	40.6 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Helsinki	Finland	1086 km	South
2 Tallinn	Estonia	1171 km	South
3 Stockholm	Sweden	1284 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Kirkenes lies at the Barents Sea (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Tenojoki coastal: 2, part of the larger catchment area Finnmark. The nearest bigger lake is Store Ropelvvatnet (8.7 km² at a height of around 56 meter above sea level) at a distance of 5.9 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Russian-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 7.7 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 10.8 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 8%, low location: 92%, 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
FJORDENE I FINNMARK

The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen (at a distance of 5.9 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

9.2 km2

15.2%

Nature

42.1 km2

69.1%

Wet nature

2.8 km2

4.6%

Urban area

3.4 km2

5.6%

Rock-Sand

0.4 km2

0.7%

Water - Lakes

2.9 km2

4.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Kirkenes in country Norway

Kirkenes at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rock Art of Alta	Norway	267 km	West
2 Church Town of Gammelstad, Luleå	Sweden	560 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Laponian Area	Sweden	571 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Kirkenes
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	Bings maps
	Mapquest
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	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sør-Varanger

Type of weather in Sør-Varanger	snow
Current temperature:	-2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.14 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1003 mb
Humidity:	74 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	2 hour and 39 minutes
Sunrise :	09:26 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	12:05 Europe/Amsterdam