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General information - Location

CountryNorway
Location in country North
Location in EuropeNorth Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: 14.5638,Lat: 68.238 marker
Elevation31 meter above sea level
Local time17:12:17pm
At islandAustvagoy
Name province/regionNordland
Name SubregionVågan

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Kabelvåg4.8 km SouthWest
2 Henningsvær17.9 km SouthWest
3 Melbu30.6 km NorthNorthEast
4 Stamsund32.3 km WestSouthWest
5 Stokmarknes38.9 km NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 OsloNorway940 km South
2 Stockholm   Sweden1011 km SouthSouthEast
3 Helsinki   Finland1031 km SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Svolvær lies at the Norwegian Sea (direction NorthEast).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 58.7 km in SouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vågakallen with a height of 943 meter (at a distance of 12.4 km and direction WestSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 98.5 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 138 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 12%, low location: 50%, hill: 36%, low mountains: 1%, 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 236 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Svolvær Airport, Helle (at a distance of 4.4 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Forest   9.7 km2 
 21% 
 Nature   24 km2 
 52.3% 
 Wet nature   1.5 km2 
 3.3% 
 Agriculture   0.3 km2 
 0.5% 
 Urban area   3.5 km2 
 7.7% 
 Infrastructure   0.3 km2 
 0.6% 
 Rock-Sand   1.9 km2 
 4.1% 
 Water - Lakes   4.8 km2 
 10.4% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation


Location of Svolvær in country Norway


Svolvær at Physical map (height map)


Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 Laponian AreaSweden164 km EastSouthEast
2 Vegaøyan – The Vega ArchipelagoNorway315 km SouthSouthWest
3 Rock Art of AltaNorway392 km NorthEast


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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)




Current weather at Svolvær

Type of weather in Svolværovercast clouds weericoon
Current temperature: 1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 4.63 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction: North North East
Air pressure: 1004 mb
Humidity: 55 %
Daylength at 28 March 2024:13 hour and 21 minutes
Sunrise :05:25 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :18:47 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Svolvær - NO (longitude: 14.5638, latitude: 68.238)
Distance weather station to place (direction N): 0 Kilometers

19:00
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22:00
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1:00
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4:00
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10:00
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13:00
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