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General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.9992,Lat: 58.4484
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	13:20:55pm
Name province/region	Rogaland
Name Subregion	Eigersund

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hellvik	7.8 km	WestNorthWest
2 Sirevåg	13 km	WestNorthWest
3 Ogna	13.5 km	NorthWest
4 Brusand	18.1 km	NorthWest
5 Hæen	19.9 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	317 km	EastNorthEast
2 København	Denmark	501 km	SouthEast
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	680 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Egersund lies at the North Sea (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named SE South West. The nearest bigger lake is Ørsdalsvatnet (12.5 km² at a height of around 62 meter above sea level) at a distance of 16.7 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 320.9 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 449 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 5%, low location: 93%, hill: 1%, 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
HEIBYGDENE I DALANE OG JÆREN

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Stavanger Airport, Sola (at a distance of 52 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Haugesund Airport, Karmøy (at a distance of 110 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

4.7 km2

7.3%

Nature

30.3 km2

47.2%

Agriculture

21 km2

32.7%

Urban area

6.1 km2

9.5%

Water - Lakes

2.1 km2

3.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Egersund in country Norway

Egersund at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site	Norway	218 km	NorthEast
2 Bryggen	Norway	220 km	North
3 Rock Carvings in Tanum	Sweden	313 km	East

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Egersund

Type of weather in Egersund	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.3 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	74 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	16 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	05:28 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:36 Europe/Amsterdam