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General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 17.9503,Lat: 69.2443
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	13:23:18pm
At island	Senja
Name province/region (Fylke)	Troms#Romsa
Wiki-website Subregion (Kommune)	Lenvik

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Finnsnes	1.9 km	SouthEast
2 Gibostad	13.1 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Sørreisa	13.9 km	SouthEast
4 Moen	30.2 km	EastSouthEast
5 Andselv	30.3 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Helsinki	Finland	1064 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Oslo	Norway	1087 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Stockholm	Sweden	1106 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Silsand lies at the Norwegian Sea (direction EastNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Troms. The nearest bigger lake is Finnfjordvatnet (10.4 km² at a height of around 24 meter above sea level) at a distance of 7.5 km in Eastern direction).The place is located at an island named Senja. The distance to the mainland is 0.6 km.

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 75.7 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 106 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 12%, low location: 64%, hill: 23%, low mountains: 2%, 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
FJORDBYGDENE I NORDLAND OG TROMS

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Tromsø Airport, Langnes (at a distance of 61 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bardufoss Airport (at a distance of 32 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

22.7 km2

50.5%

Nature

3.3 km2

7.4%

Wet nature

8.1 km2

18.1%

Agriculture

7.6 km2

17%

Urban area

2.9 km2

6.4%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Silsand in country Norway

Silsand at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Laponian Area	Sweden	212 km	South
2 Rock Art of Alta	Norway	219 km	EastNorthEast
3 Church Town of Gammelstad, Luleå	Sweden	438 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Silsand
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	Mapquest
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	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Finnsnes

Type of weather in Finnsnes	few clouds
Current temperature:	-16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.47 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	3 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	10:00 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	13:08 Europe/Amsterdam