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General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 14.5638,Lat: 68.238
Elevation	31 meter above sea level
Local time	18:10:37pm
At island	Austvagoy
Name province/region (Fylke)	Nordland
Wiki-website Subregion (Kommune)	Vågan

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kabelvåg	4.8 km	SouthWest
2 Henningsvær	17.9 km	SouthWest
3 Melbu	30.6 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Stamsund	32.3 km	WestSouthWest
5 Stokmarknes	38.9 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	940 km	South
2 Stockholm	Sweden	1011 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Helsinki	Finland	1031 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Svolvær lies at the Norwegian Sea (direction NorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Nordland. The nearest bigger lake is Storvatnet (6.7 km² at a height of around 55 meter above sea level) at a distance of 58.7 km in SouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vågakallen with a height of 943 meter (at a distance of 12.4 km and direction WestSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 98.5 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 138 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 12%, low location: 50%, hill: 36%, low mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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 236 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Svolvær Airport, Helle (at a distance of 4.4 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

9.7 km2

21%

Nature

24 km2

52.3%

Wet nature

1.5 km2

3.3%

Agriculture

0.3 km2

0.5%

Urban area

3.5 km2

7.7%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.6%

Rock-Sand

1.9 km2

4.1%

Water - Lakes

4.8 km2

10.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Svolvær in country Norway

Svolvær at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Laponian Area	Sweden	164 km	EastSouthEast
2 Vegaøyan – The Vega Archipelago	Norway	315 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Rock Art of Alta	Norway	392 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Svolvær

Type of weather in Svolvær	light snow
Current temperature:	-2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1000 mb
Humidity:	74 %
Daylength at 2 December 2024:	1 hour and 52 minutes
Sunrise :	10:55 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	12:47 Europe/Amsterdam