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General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.2289,Lat: 59.3514
Elevation	21 meter above sea level
Local time	3:36:33am
At island	Karmøy
Name province/region	Rogaland
Name Subregion	Karmøy

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Våre	5.7 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Haugesund	7.7 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Kopervik	9.1 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Eike	9.3 km	EastNorthEast
5 Åkrehamn/Vedavågen	10.7 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	318 km	East
2 København	Denmark	597 km	SouthEast
3 Glasgow	Scotland	691 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Visnes lies at the North Sea (direction WestSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named SE South West. The nearest bigger lake is Stordalsvatnet (8.2 km² at a height of around 50 meter above sea level) at a distance of 57.4 km in NorthEastern direction).The place is located at an island named Karmøy. The distance to the mainland is 0.2 km.

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 358.9 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 502 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 16%, low location: 84%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
KYSTBYGDENE PÅ VESTLANDET

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Stavanger Airport, Sola (at a distance of 58 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Haugesund Airport, Karmøy (at a distance of 1.4 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.5 km2

5.8%

Nature

5.6 km2

13%

Agriculture

30.4 km2

70.1%

Urban area

2.9 km2

6.6%

Infrastructure

1.5 km2

3.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Visnes in country Norway

Visnes at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bryggen	Norway	116 km	North
2 Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site	Norway	199 km	EastNorthEast
3 Urnes Stave Church	Norway	246 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Visnes
	TikTok
	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 Visnes

Type of weather in Visnes	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1004 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 25 April 2024:	15 hour and 23 minutes
Sunrise :	05:55 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:18 Europe/Amsterdam