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Kjosen

Kjosen

General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 18.7436,Lat: 69.69
Elevation	172 meter above sea level
Local time	0:35:03am
At island	Kvaløya
Name province/region (Fylke)	Troms#Romsa
Wiki-website Subregion (Kommune)	Tromsø

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kaldfjord	1.4 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Ersfjordbotn	4.9 km	West
3 Tromsø	9.4 km	EastSouthEast
4 Movik	13.9 km	EastNorthEast
5 Fagernes	22.5 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Helsinki	Finland	1100 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Oslo	Norway	1144 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Stockholm	Sweden	1156 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Kjosen lies at the Norwegian Sea (direction SouthSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Troms. The nearest bigger lake is Skogsfjordvatnet (13.7 km² at a height of around 19 meter above sea level) at a distance of 29.8 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).The place is located at an island named Kvaløya. The distance to the mainland is 1.6 km.

The nearest mountain is Skitntinden with a height of 1042 meter (at a distance of 11.9 km and direction WestSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 89 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 125 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 9%, low location: 40%, hill: 43%, low mountains: 8%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is nature.

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

Name
FJORDBYGDENE I NORDLAND OG TROMS

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Tromsø Airport, Langnes (at a distance of 6.9 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bardufoss Airport (at a distance of 70 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

19.9 km2

34.3%

Nature

31.5 km2

54.3%

Wet nature

3.2 km2

5.5%

Agriculture

0.9 km2

1.6%

Urban area

2.1 km2

3.6%

Rock-Sand

0.3 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Kjosen in country Norway

Kjosen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rock Art of Alta	Norway	175 km	EastNorthEast
2 Laponian Area	Sweden	264 km	South
3 Church Town of Gammelstad, Luleå	Sweden	471 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Bjorvik

Type of weather in Bjorvik	clear sky
Current temperature:	-3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.63 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	46 %
Daylength at 11 December 2025:	0 hour and 0 minutes
Sunrise :	01:00 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	01:00 Europe/Amsterdam