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General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.7345,Lat: 59.0501
Elevation	3 meter above sea level
Local time	13:40:47pm
At island	Sandøya
Name province/region	Telemark
Name Subregion	Porsgrunn

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Langangen	5.6 km	NorthEast
2 Helgeroa/Nevlunghamn	9.5 km	SouthEast
3 Herre	11.6 km	WestNorthWest
4 Porsgrunn/Skien	15.5 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Larvik	16.9 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	112 km	NorthNorthEast
2 København	Denmark	408 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Stockholm	Sweden	479 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Sandøya lies at the Skagerrak (direction SouthSouthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Farris (22.8 km² at a height of around 21 meter above sea level) at a distance of 12.2 km in NorthEastern direction).The place is located at an island named Sandøya. The distance to the mainland is 0.7 km.

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 99.2 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 139 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 6%, low location: 94%, hill: 0%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
SKAGERRAKKYSTEN

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Oslo Airport, Gardermoen (at a distance of 149 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

34 km2

69.1%

Agriculture

4.4 km2

8.9%

Urban area

9.8 km2

20%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

1.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Sandøya in country Norway

Sandøya at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rock Carvings in Tanum	Sweden	101 km	EastSouthEast
2 Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site	Norway	113 km	NorthWest
3 Grimeton Radio Station, Varberg	Sweden	267 km	SouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Sandøya
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
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	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Langesund

Type of weather in Langesund	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.04 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	69 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	16 hour and 15 minutes
Sunrise :	05:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:25 Europe/Amsterdam