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General information - Location

CountryNorway
Location in country North
Location in EuropeNorth Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: 13.5379,Lat: 68.073 marker
Elevation3 meter above sea level
Local time16:50:57pm
At islandBallstadøya
Name province/regionNordland
Name SubregionVestvågøy

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Gravdal5.1 km North
2 Leknes8.9 km NorthNorthEast
3 Stamsund14.3 km EastNorthEast
4 Reine24.3 km SouthWest
5 Henningsvær29.1 km EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 OsloNorway914 km South
2 Stockholm   Sweden1003 km SouthSouthEast
3 Helsinki   Finland1041 km SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Ballstad lies at the Norwegian Sea (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Nordland. The nearest bigger lake is Storvatnet (6.7 km2 at a height of around 55 meter above sea level) at a distance of 86.9 km in EastSouthEastern direction).The place is located at an island named Ballstadøya. The distance to the mainland is 58.1 km.

The nearest mountain is Himmeltindan with a height of 964 meter (at a distance of 16.4 km and direction North). The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 127.6 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 179 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 20%, low location: 63%, hill: 16%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)
Name
LOFOTEN OG VESTERÅLEN

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Tromsø Airport, Langnes (at a distance of 280 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Leknes Airport (at a distance of 9.3 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Forest   1.7 km2 
 7.1% 
 Nature   14.9 km2 
 61.2% 
 Wet nature   0.8 km2 
 3.2% 
 Agriculture   5.5 km2 
 22.7% 
 Urban area   0.8 km2 
 3.1% 
 Water - Lakes   0.6 km2 
 2.6% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation


Location of Ballstad in country Norway


Ballstad at Physical map (height map)


Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 Laponian AreaSweden192 km EastSouthEast
2 Vegaøyan – The Vega ArchipelagoNorway283 km SouthSouthWest
3 Rock Art of AltaNorway438 km NorthEast


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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)




Current weather at Gravdal

Type of weather in Gravdalscattered clouds weericoon
Current temperature: 7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 5.14 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction: South South West
Air pressure: 991 mb
Humidity: 61 %
Daylength at 10 October 2024:10 hour and 1 minutes
Sunrise :07:52 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :17:53 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Gravdal - NO (longitude: 13.5379, latitude: 68.073)
Distance weather station to place (direction Z): 0.01 Kilometers

17:00
7 degrees
991 mbar
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20:00
7 degrees
991 mbar
light rainweericoon
23:00
7 degrees
990 mbar
light rainweericoon
2:00
7 degrees
989 mbar
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5:00
7 degrees
988 mbar
light rainweericoon
8:00
6 degrees
989 mbar
light rainweericoon
11:00
6 degrees
990 mbar
light rainweericoon
14:00
6 degrees
991 mbar
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