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General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 10.4586,Lat: 59.1839
Elevation	5 meter above sea level
Local time	3:59:38am
At island	Nøtterøy
Name province/region	Vestfold
Name Subregion	Nøtterøy

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vollen	3.8 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Glomstein	4.9 km	WestNorthWest
3 Storevar	7.9 km	WestNorthWest
4 Melsomvik	8 km	WestNorthWest
5 Tjøme	8.3 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	83 km	North
2 København	Denmark	406 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Stockholm	Sweden	436 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Årøysund lies at the Skagerrak (direction EastSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named West Bay. The nearest bigger lake is Farris (22.8 km² at a height of around 21 meter above sea level) at a distance of 27.3 km in WestSouthWestern direction).The place is located at an island named Nøtterøy. The distance to the mainland is 0.1 km.

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 61.3 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 86 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 17%, low location: 83%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
SKAGERRAKKYSTEN

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (at a distance of 118 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Sandefjord Airport, Torp (at a distance of 11 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

20 km2

53.1%

Nature

1.6 km2

4.2%

Agriculture

9.7 km2

25.7%

Urban area

5.2 km2

13.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Årøysund in country Norway

Årøysund at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rock Carvings in Tanum	Sweden	74 km	SouthEast
2 Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site	Norway	131 km	NorthWest
3 Grimeton Radio Station, Varberg	Sweden	258 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Årøysund

Type of weather in Årøysund	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	65 %
Daylength at 24 April 2024:	15 hour and 17 minutes
Sunrise :	05:37 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:54 Europe/Amsterdam