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General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 15.642,Lat: 68.975
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	13:18:39pm
At island	Andoya
Name province/region	Nordland
Name Subregion	Andøy

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Alsvåg	16.8 km	WestSouthWest
2 Myre	23.4 km	WestSouthWest
3 Borkenes	31.1 km	SouthEast
4 Sortland	31.5 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Strand	31.6 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	1030 km	South
2 Helsinki	Finland	1077 km	SouthEast
3 Stockholm	Sweden	1084 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Risøyhamn lies at the Norwegian Sea (direction SouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Troms. The nearest bigger lake is Storvatnet (6.8 km² at a height of around 135 meter above sea level) at a distance of 47.1 km in SouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Skardtindan with a height of 890 meter (at a distance of 21.2 km and direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 112.9 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 158 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 22%, low location: 60%, hill: 18%, low mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The most common land use in the area is 0.

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 151 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Andøya Airport, Andenes (at a distance of 40 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

9.6 km2

16.9%

Nature

8.8 km2

15.4%

Wet nature

30.4 km2

53.3%

Agriculture

7.6 km2

13.2%

Urban area

0.4 km2

0.7%

Rock-Sand

0.1 km2

0.1%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Risøyhamn in country Norway

Risøyhamn at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Laponian Area	Sweden	200 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Rock Art of Alta	Norway	315 km	EastNorthEast
3 Vegaøyan – The Vega Archipelago	Norway	407 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Risøyhamn
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
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	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Webcams (Within 20km)

Name webcam: Andoy › North

Current time

Local time screenshot during the day :2023-12-08 12:18:54
Placename webcam: Andoy - Nordland - Norway
Bings maps Andoy

Name webcam: Andoy › South

Current time

Local time screenshot during the day :2023-12-08 12:17:01
Placename webcam: Andoy - Nordland - Norway
Bings maps Andoy

Name webcam: Andoy › West

Current time

Current weather at Myre

Type of weather in Myre	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	-3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.52 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	65 %
Daylength at 8 December 2023:	0 hour and 0 minutes
Sunrise :	01:00 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	01:00 Europe/Amsterdam