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General information - Location

Country	Sweden
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 19.0504,Lat: 57.8589
Elevation	8 meter above sea level
Local time	11:35:15am
At island	Gotland
Name province/region (Län)	Gotlands län
Wiki-website Subregion (Kommun)	Gotland

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Lärbro	17.7 km	SouthWest
2 Slite	22.3 km	SouthWest
3 Tingstäde	30 km	SouthWest
4 Väskinde	41.9 km	SouthWest
5 Norra Visby	48.4 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Stockholm	Sweden	167 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Rīga	Latvia	321 km	East
3 Tallinn	Estonia	370 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Fårösund lies at the Baltic Sea (direction EastNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Eman coastal: 6, part of the larger catchment area South Baltic.

The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Lithuanian border with a straight distance of 229.4 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 321 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 42%, low location: 58%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Gotland

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (at a distance of 210 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Visby Airport (at a distance of 47 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

27.3 km2

54%

Nature

4.9 km2

9.6%

Wet nature

0.7 km2

1.3%

Agriculture

12.4 km2

24.6%

Urban area

1.1 km2

2.1%

Infrastructure

0.6 km2

1.2%

Rock-Sand

0.8 km2

1.7%

Water - Lakes

1.2 km2

2.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Fårösund in country Sweden

Fårösund at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Hanseatic Town of Visby	Sweden	51 km	SouthWest
2 Skogskyrkogården	Sweden	167 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Royal Domain of Drottningholm	Sweden	177 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Bstetrsk	SE	1.8 km	West

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Filming Location	IMDB Fårösund
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Österby

Type of weather in Österby	light snow
Current temperature:	-1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	9.41 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	984 mb
Humidity:	78 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	7 hour and 33 minutes
Sunrise :	07:43 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	15:16 Europe/Amsterdam