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General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.9226,Lat: 59.0593
Elevation	62 meter above sea level
Local time	21:17:33pm
Name province/region	Rogaland
Name Subregion	Strand

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Jørpeland	8 km	SouthEast
2 Østhusvik	9.4 km	WestNorthWest
3 Judaberg	12.2 km	North
4 Vikevåg	13.4 km	WestNorthWest
5 Hommersåk	15.3 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	289 km	EastNorthEast
2 København	Denmark	546 km	SouthEast
3 Stockholm	Sweden	697 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Tau lies at the North Sea (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named SE South West. The nearest bigger lake is Storavatnet (9 km² at a height of around 26 meter above sea level) at a distance of 18 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 318.3 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 446 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 80%, hill: 19%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
YTRE FJORDBYGDER PÅ VESTLANDET

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Stavanger Airport, Sola (at a distance of 26 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Haugesund Airport, Karmøy (at a distance of 52 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

14.6 km2

35.1%

Nature

1.1 km2

2.5%

Agriculture

18.3 km2

44.2%

Urban area

1.5 km2

3.7%

Water - Lakes

4.9 km2

11.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Tau in country Norway

Tau at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bryggen	Norway	152 km	North
2 Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site	Norway	177 km	EastNorthEast
3 Urnes Stave Church	Norway	261 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Tau

Type of weather in Tau	light rain
Current temperature:	4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.37 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	44 %
Daylength at 18 April 2024:	14 hour and 45 minutes
Sunrise :	06:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:57 Europe/Amsterdam