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General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 10.6561,Lat: 59.5987
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	14:05:23pm
Name province/region	Akershus
Name Subregion	Vestby

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vestby	5.3 km	East
2 Drøbak	5.9 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Tofte	7.7 km	SouthWest
4 Hølen	8.2 km	SouthEast
5 Ås	10.5 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	35 km	North
2 Stockholm	Sweden	424 km	East
3 København	Denmark	447 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Hvitsten lies at the Kattegat (direction WestSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Glomma coastal: 2, part of the larger catchment area Glomma. The nearest bigger lake is Vansjø (38.3 km² at a height of around 24 meter above sea level) at a distance of 14.2 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 58.6 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 82 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 94%, hill: 6%, 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
OSLOFJORDEN

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (at a distance of 71 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

33.9 km2

57.6%

Nature

4.1 km2

6.9%

Agriculture

15.9 km2

27.1%

Urban area

1.7 km2

2.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Hvitsten in country Norway

Hvitsten at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rock Carvings in Tanum	Sweden	107 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site	Norway	120 km	WestNorthWest
3 Urnes Stave Church	Norway	263 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vestby

Type of weather in Vestby	broken clouds
Current temperature:	21 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.26 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	35 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	16 hour and 1 minutes
Sunrise :	05:13 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:14 Europe/Amsterdam