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General information - Location

Country	Sweden
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 16.3032,Lat: 59.4665
Elevation	31 meter above sea level
Local time	15:22:32pm
At island	Nyckelön
Name province/region	Västmanlands län
Name Subregion	Västerås

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Tumbo	5 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Strömsholm	7.7 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Torshälla huvud	9 km	East
4 Ängsholmen	10.1 km	East
5 Torshälla	10.6 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Stockholm	Sweden	104 km	East
2 Oslo	Norway	318 km	West
3 København	Denmark	472 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 82 km (direction EastSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Arbogaan. The nearest bigger lake is Mälaren (1039.8 km² at a height of around 0 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.5 km in Western direction).The place is located at an island named Nyckelön. The distance to the mainland is 79.7 km.

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 225.5 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 316 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 53%, low location: 47%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is water.

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

Name
Västmanland

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Stockholm-Arlanda Airport (at a distance of 94 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Stockholm Västerås Airport (at a distance of 23 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

16.4 km2

20.9%

Nature

1.6 km2

Wet nature

2.7 km2

3.4%

Agriculture

23.8 km2

30.2%

Urban area

3.5 km2

4.5%

Water - Lakes

30.6 km2

38.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Kvicksund in country Sweden

Kvicksund at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Engelsberg Ironworks	Sweden	58 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Birka and Hovgården	Sweden	72 km	East
3 Royal Domain of Drottningholm	Sweden	91 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Strmsholm	SE	2 km	WestNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Kvicksund

Type of weather in Kvicksund	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.25 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1027 mb
Humidity:	96 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	16 hour and 29 minutes
Sunrise :	04:36 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:05 Europe/Amsterdam