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General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 10.3771,Lat: 59.198
Elevation	56 meter above sea level
Local time	6:00:12am
At island	Nøtterøy
Name province/region	Vestfold
Name Subregion	Nøtterøy

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Storevar	3 km	West
2 Vollen	3.2 km	EastNorthEast
3 Melsomvik	3.3 km	NorthWest
4 Årøysund	4.9 km	EastSouthEast
5 Stokke	5.4 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	82 km	NorthNorthEast
2 København	Denmark	409 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Stockholm	Sweden	441 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Glomstein lies at the Skagerrak (direction WestNorthWest).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 23.9 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 66.2 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 93 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 10%, low location: 90%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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 6.9 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

25.4 km2

40.2%

Nature

0.5 km2

0.8%

Agriculture

26.5 km2

41.9%

Urban area

8.6 km2

13.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Glomstein in country Norway

Glomstein at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rock Carvings in Tanum	Sweden	78 km	SouthEast
2 Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site	Norway	126 km	NorthWest
3 Grimeton Radio Station, Varberg	Sweden	262 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Melsomvik

Type of weather in Melsomvik	broken clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.66 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	15 hour and 42 minutes
Sunrise :	05:24 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:06 Europe/Amsterdam