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General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.3774,Lat: 60.5734
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	21:13:56pm
Name province/region (Fylke)	Hordaland
Wiki-website Subregion (Kommune)	Lindås
Other place with same name 1	Leknes Nordland - Vestvågøy

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Knarvik	6.2 km	WestSouthWest
2 Hylkje	7.8 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Krossneset	7.8 km	WestSouthWest
4 Valestrandfossen	7.9 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Fotlandsvåg	8.3 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	306 km	EastSouthEast
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	668 km	WestNorthWest
3 København	Denmark	686 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Leknes lies at the North Sea (direction NorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named West. The nearest bigger lake is Osterøyni (7.6 km² at a height of around 153 meter above sea level) at a distance of 9.6 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 368.1 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 515 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 14%, low location: 62%, hill: 24%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
YTRE FJORDBYGDER PÅ VESTLANDET

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bergen Airport, Flesland (at a distance of 32 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Stord Airport, Sørstokken (at a distance of 87 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

21.6 km2

42.8%

Nature

7.6 km2

15.1%

Agriculture

19.8 km2

39.2%

Urban area

0.8 km2

1.6%

Water - Lakes

0.7 km2

1.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Leknes in country Norway

Leknes at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bryggen	Norway	20 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Urnes Stave Church	Norway	134 km	NorthEast
3 Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site	Norway	194 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Knarvik

Type of weather in Knarvik	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	-1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.61 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1002 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 23 November 2024:	6 hour and 48 minutes
Sunrise :	09:01 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	15:49 Europe/Amsterdam