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Sortland

Sortland

General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 15.4151,Lat: 68.7017
Elevation	5 meter above sea level
Local time	11:20:40am
At island	Langoya-vesteralen
Name province/region (Fylke)	Nordland
Wiki-website Subregion (Kommune)	Sortland

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Strand	1.5 km	EastSouthEast
2 Sigerfjord	7.2 km	SouthEast
3 Alsvåg	23.1 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Sandnes	24.2 km	SouthWest
5 Stokmarknes	25.5 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	998 km	South
2 Stockholm	Sweden	1055 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Helsinki	Finland	1055 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Sortland lies at the Norwegian Sea (direction EastNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Nordland. The nearest bigger lake is Storvatnet (6.8 km² at a height of around 135 meter above sea level) at a distance of 39.3 km in Eastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Skardtindan with a height of 890 meter (at a distance of 17.9 km and direction NorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 101.2 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 142 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 10%, low location: 62%, hill: 28%, 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
LOFOTEN OG VESTERÅLEN

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Tromsø Airport, Langnes (at a distance of 176 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Stokmarknes Airport, Skagen (at a distance of 21 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

18.4 km2

35.6%

Nature

7 km2

13.5%

Wet nature

11.9 km2

23%

Agriculture

9.2 km2

17.9%

Urban area

3.9 km2

7.6%

Rock-Sand

1 km2

1.9%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Sortland in country Norway

Sortland at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Laponian Area	Sweden	177 km	SouthEast
2 Rock Art of Alta	Norway	336 km	EastNorthEast
3 Vegaøyan – The Vega Archipelago	Norway	376 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van Sortland
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	TikTok
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	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Sortland
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sortland

Type of weather in Sortland	few clouds
Current temperature:	-2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 7 February 2026:	6 hour and 28 minutes
Sunrise :	08:58 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	15:26 Europe/Amsterdam