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General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.2536,Lat: 59.4868
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	18:08:13pm
Name province/region (Fylke)	Rogaland
Wiki-website Subregion (Kommune)	Suldal
Other place with same name 1	Sand Hedmark - Nord-Odal
Other place with same name 2	Sand Scotland - Shetland Islands
Other place with same name 3	Sand Scotland - Highland
Other place with same name 4	Sand Hessen - Kassel
Other place with same name 5	Sand Bayern - Schwaben
Other place with same name 6	Sand Baden-Württemberg - Karlsruhe
Other place with same name 7	Sand Alsace - Bas-Rhin
Other place with same name 8	Sand Oberösterreich - Steyr-Land
Other place with same name 9	Sand Nyugat-Dunántúl - Zala

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Sauda	19.3 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Vikedal	19.8 km	West
3 Sandeid	23 km	WestNorthWest
4 Etne	26.5 km	NorthWest
5 Nedstrand	27.5 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	257 km	East
2 København	Denmark	564 km	SouthEast
3 Stockholm	Sweden	674 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Sand lies at the North Sea (direction SouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named SE South West. The nearest bigger lake is Suldalsvatnet (27.4 km² at a height of around 67 meter above sea level) at a distance of 16 km in Eastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Skaulen with a height of 1538 meter (at a distance of 24.7 km and direction NorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 302.5 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 424 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 44%, hill: 44%, low mountains: 12%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
MIDTRE BYGDER PÅ VESTLANDET

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Stavanger Airport, Sola (at a distance of 77 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Haugesund Airport, Karmøy (at a distance of 62 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

41.2 km2

79.1%

Nature

5.5 km2

10.5%

Agriculture

4 km2

7.6%

Urban area

1.3 km2

2.5%

Water - Lakes

0.1 km2

0.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Sand in country Norway

Sand at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bryggen	Norway	114 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site	Norway	139 km	EastNorthEast
3 Urnes Stave Church	Norway	210 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sand

Type of weather in Sand	broken clouds
Current temperature:	-3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.27 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	992 mb
Humidity:	54 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	7 hour and 12 minutes
Sunrise :	08:44 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	15:57 Europe/Amsterdam