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General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 15.4509,Lat: 68.6973
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	19:27:23pm
At island	Hinnoya
Name province/region	Nordland
Name Subregion	Sortland

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Sortland	1.5 km	WestNorthWest
2 Sigerfjord	6.1 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Alsvåg	24 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Sandnes	25.2 km	SouthWest
5 Stokmarknes	26.4 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	998 km	South
2 Helsinki	Finland	1054 km	SouthEast
3 Stockholm	Sweden	1054 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Strand lies at the Norwegian Sea (direction SouthWest).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 37.7 km in Eastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Skardtindan with a height of 890 meter (at a distance of 16.9 km and direction NorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 99.7 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 140 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 9%, low location: 63%, hill: 24%, low mountains: 4%, 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 175 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Stokmarknes Airport, Skagen (at a distance of 21 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

18.4 km2

36.2%

Nature

5.7 km2

11.2%

Wet nature

11.9 km2

23.4%

Agriculture

8.7 km2

17.2%

Urban area

3.9 km2

7.8%

Rock-Sand

1.9 km2

3.7%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Strand in country Norway

Strand at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Laponian Area	Sweden	176 km	SouthEast
2 Rock Art of Alta	Norway	335 km	EastNorthEast
3 Vegaøyan – The Vega Archipelago	Norway	376 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Strand
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sortland

Type of weather in Sortland	broken clouds
Current temperature:	3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.88 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	71 %
Daylength at 18 April 2024:	16 hour and 20 minutes
Sunrise :	04:47 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:07 Europe/Amsterdam