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Åkrehamn/Vedavågen

General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.193,Lat: 59.2569
Elevation	13 meter above sea level
Local time	7:46:21am
At island	Karmøy
Name province/region	Rogaland
Name Subregion	Karmøy

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kopervik	7.1 km	EastNorthEast
2 Våre	8.1 km	NorthEast
3 Sandve	9.1 km	South
4 Visnes	10.7 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Skudeneshamn	12.4 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	322 km	East
2 København	Denmark	592 km	SouthEast
3 Glasgow	Scotland	684 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Åkrehamn/Vedavågen lies at the North Sea (direction SouthSouthWest).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 55.6 km in SouthEastern 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 360.4 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 505 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 15%, low location: 85%, The hills are mainly western 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
KYSTBYGDENE PÅ VESTLANDET

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Stavanger Airport, Sola (at a distance of 49 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Haugesund Airport, Karmøy (at a distance of 9.9 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.5 km2

1.2%

Nature

18.7 km2

44.6%

Agriculture

15.5 km2

36.9%

Urban area

6.2 km2

14.7%

Water - Lakes

1.1 km2

2.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Åkrehamn/Vedavågen in country Norway

Åkrehamn/Vedavågen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bryggen	Norway	127 km	North
2 Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site	Norway	205 km	EastNorthEast
3 Urnes Stave Church	Norway	257 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Åkrehamn/Vedavågen
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Åkrehamn

Type of weather in Åkrehamn	clear sky
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1004 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 25 April 2024:	15 hour and 22 minutes
Sunrise :	05:55 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:18 Europe/Amsterdam