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General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 13.8447,Lat: 68.1302
Elevation	2 meter above sea level
Local time	13:23:02pm
At island	Vestvågøya
Name province/region (Fylke)	Nordland
Wiki-website Subregion (Kommune)	Vestvågøy

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Leknes	9.2 km	West
2 Gravdal	12.9 km	West
3 Ballstad	14.3 km	WestSouthWest
4 Henningsvær	15.1 km	EastNorthEast
5 Kabelvåg	27.7 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	922 km	South
2 Stockholm	Sweden	1006 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Helsinki	Finland	1038 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Stamsund lies at the Norwegian Sea (direction East).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Nordland. The nearest bigger lake is Storvatnet (6.7 km² at a height of around 55 meter above sea level) at a distance of 76.9 km in EastSouthEastern direction).The place is located at an island named Vestvågøya. The distance to the mainland is 49 km.

The nearest mountain is Himmeltindan with a height of 964 meter (at a distance of 15.3 km and direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 119.7 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 168 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 22%, low location: 67%, hill: 11%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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 267 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Leknes Airport (at a distance of 10 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.8 km2

16.4%

Nature

12.2 km2

52.4%

Wet nature

3.4 km2

14.4%

Agriculture

2.9 km2

12.2%

Urban area

1.1 km2

4.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Stamsund in country Norway

Stamsund at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Laponian Area	Sweden	183 km	EastSouthEast
2 Vegaøyan – The Vega Archipelago	Norway	293 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Rock Art of Alta	Norway	424 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Leknes

Type of weather in Leknes	few clouds
Current temperature:	-6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	63 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	4 hour and 1 minutes
Sunrise :	09:50 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	13:51 Europe/Amsterdam