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General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 14.9128,Lat: 68.5853
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	18:18:31pm
At island	Langoya-vesteralen
Name province/region (Fylke)	Nordland
Wiki-website Subregion (Kommune)	Hadsel

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Stokmarknes	2.1 km	South
2 Melbu	10.3 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Bø	18.3 km	West
4 Straume	21.2 km	WestNorthWest
5 Sortland	24.2 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	981 km	South
2 Stockholm	Sweden	1046 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Helsinki	Finland	1055 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Sandnes lies at the Norwegian Sea (direction SouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Nordland. The nearest bigger lake is Storvatnet (6.8 km² at a height of around 135 meter above sea level) at a distance of 59.4 km in Eastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Møysalen with a height of 1262 meter (at a distance of 23.2 km and direction EastSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 106.8 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 150 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 7%, low location: 65%, hill: 28%, 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 200 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Stokmarknes Airport, Skagen (at a distance of 5 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

21.2 km2

41.9%

Nature

10.4 km2

20.6%

Wet nature

8.2 km2

16.1%

Agriculture

8.2 km2

16.2%

Urban area

2.6 km2

5.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Sandnes in country Norway

Sandnes at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Laponian Area	Sweden	179 km	SouthEast
2 Vegaøyan – The Vega Archipelago	Norway	356 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Rock Art of Alta	Norway	361 km	EastNorthEast

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van Sandnes
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	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Sandnes
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Stokmarknes

Type of weather in Stokmarknes	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	-6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 3 December 2024:	0 hour and 45 minutes
Sunrise :	11:28 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	12:12 Europe/Amsterdam