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General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.656,Lat: 60.3197
Elevation	177 meter above sea level
Local time	15:39:37pm
Name province/region	Hordaland
Name Subregion	Ullensvang

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kinsarvik	7.4 km	NorthEast
2 Ålvik	17.5 km	NorthWest
3 Tyssedal	23 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Granvin	23.3 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Øystese	26.4 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	232 km	EastSouthEast
2 København	Denmark	620 km	SouthEast
3 Stockholm	Sweden	653 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Lofthus lies at the North Sea (direction SouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named West. The nearest bigger lake is Ringedalsvatnet (7 km² at a height of around 464 meter above sea level) at a distance of 21 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 293.1 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 410 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 8%, low location: 8%, hill: 14%, low mountains: 12%, moderate high mountains: 58%, high mountains: 0%, 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
INDRE BYGDER PÅ VESTLANDET

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bergen Airport, Flesland (at a distance of 80 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Stord Airport, Sørstokken (at a distance of 94 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

20.6 km2

34.2%

Nature

29.9 km2

49.6%

Agriculture

6.2 km2

10.4%

Urban area

0.3 km2

0.6%

Rock-Sand

2.2 km2

3.7%

Water - Lakes

0.9 km2

1.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Lofthus in country Norway

Lofthus at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bryggen	Norway	74 km	West
2 Urnes Stave Church	Norway	115 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site	Norway	119 km	EastSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Kinsarvik

Type of weather in Kinsarvik	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.59 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	39 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	16 hour and 14 minutes
Sunrise :	05:23 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:37 Europe/Amsterdam