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Sandnessjøen

General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 12.6272,Lat: 66.0177
Elevation	8 meter above sea level
Local time	12:19:24pm
At island	Alsta
Name province/region (Fylke)	Nordland
Wiki-website Subregion (Kommune)	Alstahaug

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Leland	15.2 km	EastNorthEast
2 Silvalen	15.7 km	WestSouthWest
3 Tjøtta	23.3 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Nesna	26.7 km	NorthEast
5 Mosjøen	32.9 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	683 km	South
2 Stockholm	Sweden	801 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Helsinki	Finland	902 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Sandnessjøen lies at the Norwegian Sea (direction EastSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Nordland. The nearest bigger lake is Hundålvatnet (8 km² at a height of around 199 meter above sea level) at a distance of 21.8 km in SouthEastern direction).The place is located at an island named Alsta. The distance to the mainland is 0.4 km.

The nearest mountain is Botnkrona with a height of 1072 meter (at a distance of 6.2 km and direction South). The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 87 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 122 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 16%, low location: 55%, hill: 11%, low mountains: 17%, moderate high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
KYSTBYGDENE I HELGELAND OG SALTEN

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Trondheim Airport, Værnes (at a distance of 295 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Sandnessjøen Airport, Stokka (at a distance of 9.9 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

7.9 km2

23.3%

Nature

4.9 km2

14.5%

Wet nature

0.6 km2

1.7%

Agriculture

7.9 km2

23.4%

Urban area

4.2 km2

12.5%

Rock-Sand

8.4 km2

24.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Sandnessjøen in country Norway

Sandnessjøen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vegaøyan – The Vega Archipelago	Norway	60 km	SouthWest
2 Laponian Area	Sweden	263 km	NorthEast
3 Røros Mining Town and the Circumference	Norway	386 km	South

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sandnessjøen

Type of weather in Sandnessjøen	clear sky
Current temperature:	-5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.2 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1001 mb
Humidity:	54 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	5 hour and 10 minutes
Sunrise :	09:20 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	14:30 Europe/Amsterdam