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General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.2205,Lat: 60.407
Elevation	21 meter above sea level
Local time	16:55:36pm
At island	Askøyna
Name province/region	Hordaland
Name Subregion	Askøy

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bergen	6 km	EastSouthEast
2 Knarrevik/Straume	6.9 km	SouthWest
3 Knappskog	9.4 km	West
4 Fjell	11.7 km	SouthWest
5 Ågotnes	11.8 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	312 km	EastSouthEast
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	666 km	WestNorthWest
3 København	Denmark	678 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Askøy lies at the North Sea (direction SouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named West. The nearest bigger lake is Osterøyni (7.6 km² at a height of around 153 meter above sea level) at a distance of 25 km in NorthEastern direction).The place is located at an island named Askøyna. The distance to the mainland is 0.8 km.

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 372.7 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 522 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 13%, low location: 80%, hill: 6%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.

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

Name
YTRE FJORDBYGDER PÅ VESTLANDET

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bergen Airport, Flesland (at a distance of 13 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Stord Airport, Sørstokken (at a distance of 69 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

9.4 km2

20.7%

Nature

12.5 km2

27.4%

Agriculture

0.3 km2

0.7%

Urban area

21.5 km2

47.2%

Water - Lakes

0.7 km2

1.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Askøy in country Norway

Askøy at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bryggen	Norway	5.8 km	EastSouthEast
2 Urnes Stave Church	Norway	152 km	NorthEast
3 Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site	Norway	197 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van Askøy
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	TikTok
	Instagram
	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Askøy
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Askøy

Type of weather in Askøy	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.75 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1022 mb
Humidity:	57 %
Daylength at 20 April 2024:	15 hour and 5 minutes
Sunrise :	06:05 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:10 Europe/Amsterdam