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General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 14.7995,Lat: 68.5014
Elevation	11 meter above sea level
Local time	4:19:38am
At island	Hadseløya
Name province/region	Nordland
Name Subregion	Hadsel

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Stokmarknes	8.5 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Sandnes	10.3 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Bø	18.5 km	NorthWest
4 Straume	24.6 km	NorthWest
5 Svolvær	30.6 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	971 km	South
2 Stockholm	Sweden	1037 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Helsinki	Finland	1050 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Melbu lies at the Norwegian Sea (direction South).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Nordland. The nearest bigger lake is Kilvatnet (6 km² at a height of around 93 meter above sea level) at a distance of 63.1 km in SouthEastern direction).The place is located at an island named Hadseløya. The distance to the mainland is 44.9 km.

The nearest mountain is Higravtindan with a height of 1146 meter (at a distance of 16.1 km and direction South). The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 104.3 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 146 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 7%, low location: 60%, hill: 33%, 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
LOFOTEN OG VESTERÅLEN

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Tromsø Airport, Langnes (at a distance of 210 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Stokmarknes Airport, Skagen (at a distance of 13 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

18 km2

46%

Nature

10.3 km2

26.4%

Wet nature

2.5 km2

6.4%

Agriculture

6.4 km2

16.5%

Urban area

1.8 km2

4.5%

Rock-Sand

0.1 km2

0.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Melbu in country Norway

Melbu at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Laponian Area	Sweden	176 km	SouthEast
2 Vegaøyan – The Vega Archipelago	Norway	345 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Rock Art of Alta	Norway	369 km	EastNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Melbu
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Melbu

Type of weather in Melbu	light snow
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 24 April 2024:	17 hour and 10 minutes
Sunrise :	04:23 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:33 Europe/Amsterdam