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General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 13.6286,Lat: 68.1459
Elevation	3 meter above sea level
Local time	12:31:52pm
At island	Vestvågøya
Name province/region (Fylke)	Nordland
Wiki-website Subregion (Kommune)	Vestvågøy
Other place with same name 1	Leknes Hordaland - Lindås

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Gravdal	4.7 km	SouthWest
2 Ballstad	8.9 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Stamsund	9.2 km	East
4 Henningsvær	24 km	East
5 Reine	32.5 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	923 km	South
2 Stockholm	Sweden	1010 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Helsinki	Finland	1045 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Leknes lies at the Norwegian Sea (direction SouthEast).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 km in EastSouthEastern direction).The place is located at an island named Vestvågøya. The distance to the mainland is 49 km.

The nearest mountain is Himmeltindan with a height of 964 meter (at a distance of 8.6 km and direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 128.3 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 180 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 23%, low location: 64%, hill: 13%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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 272 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Leknes Airport (at a distance of 1.1 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

12.3 km2

19%

Nature

15.6 km2

24%

Wet nature

12.9 km2

19.8%

Agriculture

19.8 km2

30.4%

Urban area

3.4 km2

5.2%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.5%

Water - Lakes

0.7 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Leknes in country Norway

Leknes at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Laponian Area	Sweden	192 km	EastSouthEast
2 Vegaøyan – The Vega Archipelago	Norway	291 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Rock Art of Alta	Norway	431 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Leknes
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	Mapquest
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	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Leknes

Type of weather in Leknes	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 18 April 2025:	16 hour and 10 minutes
Sunrise :	04:59 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:09 Europe/Amsterdam