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General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.6349,Lat: 60.0427
Elevation	149 meter above sea level
Local time	19:34:03pm
Name province/region	Buskerud
Name Subregion	Sigdal

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Krøderen	12.5 km	NorthEast
2 Noresund	15.1 km	North
3 Sysle	16.6 km	EastSouthEast
4 Vikersund	21.8 km	EastSouthEast
5 Lampeland	22.8 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	63 km	EastSouthEast
2 Stockholm	Sweden	485 km	East
3 København	Denmark	512 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Skagerrak is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 47 km (direction SouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named West Bay. The nearest bigger lake is Soneren (6.4 km² at a height of around 102 meter above sea level) at a distance of 2.5 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 125.6 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 176 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 38%, hill: 51%, low mountains: 11%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
LÅGLANDSDALFØRA I TELEMARK, BUSKERUD OG VESTFOLD

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (at a distance of 83 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Notodden Airport (at a distance of 58 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

58.4 km2

74.3%

Nature

2.9 km2

3.7%

Wet nature

0.4 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

13.1 km2

16.6%

Urban area

0.7 km2

0.9%

Water - Lakes

3.1 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Prestfoss in country Norway

Prestfoss at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site	Norway	61 km	WestSouthWest
2 Rock Carvings in Tanum	Sweden	178 km	SouthEast
3 Urnes Stave Church	Norway	188 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Prestfoss

Type of weather in Prestfoss	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.01 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1023 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	16 hour and 37 minutes
Sunrise :	04:59 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:36 Europe/Amsterdam