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General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.1822,Lat: 59.7708
Elevation	39 meter above sea level
Local time	16:05:20pm
At island	Bømlo
Name province/region	Hordaland
Name Subregion	Bømlo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Svortland	2.7 km	North
2 Rubbestadneset	6.9 km	NorthEast
3 Foldrøy	7.4 km	EastNorthEast
4 Sagvåg	11.9 km	East
5 Mosterhamn	13.6 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	312 km	East
2 København	Denmark	630 km	SouthEast
3 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	692 km	WestNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Melandsvågen lies at the North Sea (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named West. The nearest bigger lake is Stordalsvatnet (8.2 km² at a height of around 50 meter above sea level) at a distance of 47.5 km in EastSouthEastern direction).The place is located at an island named Bømlo. The distance to the mainland is 6.4 km.

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 367.5 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 515 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 10%, low location: 90%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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

Name
KYSTBYGDENE PÅ VESTLANDET

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bergen Airport, Flesland (at a distance of 58 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Stord Airport, Sørstokken (at a distance of 9.2 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

5.8 km2

10.1%

Nature

27.9 km2

48.4%

Agriculture

20 km2

34.8%

Urban area

2.5 km2

4.4%

Water - Lakes

1.4 km2

2.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Melandsvågen in country Norway

Melandsvågen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bryggen	Norway	70 km	North
2 Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site	Norway	192 km	East
3 Urnes Stave Church	Norway	207 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Bømlo

Type of weather in Bømlo	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.63 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1004 mb
Humidity:	61 %
Daylength at 25 April 2024:	15 hour and 27 minutes
Sunrise :	05:53 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:20 Europe/Amsterdam