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General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 29.7504,Lat: 70.0763
Elevation	26 meter above sea level
Local time	3:22:11am
Name province/region	Finnmark#Finnmárku
Name Subregion	Vadsø

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vestre Jakobselv	16.8 km	West
2 Kirkenes	40.6 km	SouthEast
3 Hesseng	44.4 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Bjørnevatn	45.8 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Kiberg	52.2 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Helsinki	Finland	1121 km	South
2 Tallinn	Estonia	1205 km	South
3 Stockholm	Sweden	1311 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Vadsø lies at the Barents Sea (direction SouthSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Tenojoki coastal: 2, part of the larger catchment area Finnmark. The nearest bigger lake is Garsjøen (9.6 km² at a height of around 249 meter above sea level) at a distance of 32.4 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Falkfjellet with a height of 545 meter (at a distance of 17.7 km and direction North). The most nearby international border is the Norwegian-Finnish border with a straight distance of 47.9 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 67 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 100%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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

Name
FJORDENE I FINNMARK

The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vadsø Airport (at a distance of 3.8 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

4.6 km2

10.6%

Nature

28 km2

64.9%

Wet nature

2.7 km2

6.3%

Agriculture

2.6 km2

Urban area

3.4 km2

7.9%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.7%

Water - Lakes

1.6 km2

3.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vadsø in country Norway

Vadsø at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rock Art of Alta	Norway	252 km	WestSouthWest
2 Laponian Area	Sweden	576 km	SouthWest
3 Church Town of Gammelstad, Luleå	Sweden	583 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Vadsø
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	Bings maps
	Mapquest
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	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vadsø

Type of weather in Vadsø	light snow
Current temperature:	-1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1026 mb
Humidity:	80 %
Daylength at 22 May 2024:	0 hour and 0 minutes
Sunrise :	01:00 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	01:00 Europe/Amsterdam