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General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.2967,Lat: 61.7685
Elevation	133 meter above sea level
Local time	15:10:12pm
Name province/region (Fylke)	Sogn og Fjordane
Wiki-website Subregion (Kommune)	Bremanger

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bremanger	18.7 km	WestNorthWest
2 Brandsøy	20.4 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Bryggja	20.9 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Måløy	21.2 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Holevik	21.2 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	361 km	SouthEast
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	634 km	West
3 Stockholm	Sweden	756 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Svelgen lies at the Norwegian Sea (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named West. The nearest bigger lake is Storfjorden (11.3 km² at a height of around 124 meter above sea level) at a distance of 26.7 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 362.7 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 508 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 14%, hill: 50%, low mountains: 28%, moderate high mountains: 8%, 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
YTRE FJORDBYGDER PÅ VESTLANDET

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bergen Airport, Flesland (at a distance of 164 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Florø Airport (at a distance of 25 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

26.5 km2

36.5%

Nature

30.9 km2

42.5%

Agriculture

0.3 km2

0.4%

Urban area

1.2 km2

1.6%

Rock-Sand

8.5 km2

11.8%

Water - Lakes

5.2 km2

7.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Svelgen in country Norway

Svelgen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord	Norway	106 km	EastNorthEast
2 Urnes Stave Church	Norway	120 km	EastSouthEast
3 Bryggen	Norway	152 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Svelgen

Type of weather in Svelgen	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.22 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	993 mb
Humidity:	74 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	6 hour and 38 minutes
Sunrise :	09:05 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	15:44 Europe/Amsterdam