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General information - Location

Country	Sweden
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 17.1454,Lat: 65.0691
Elevation	342 meter above sea level
Local time	3:42:51am
Name province/region	Västerbottens län
Name Subregion	Storuman

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Storuman	3.1 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Sorsele	53.8 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Vilhelmina	54.3 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Kristineberg	67.8 km	East
5 Malå	76.3 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Stockholm	Sweden	646 km	South
2 Oslo	Norway	659 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Helsinki	Finland	679 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Bothnia is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 185 km (direction East).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Umea Upper, part of the larger catchment area Tornionjoki (Finnish part). The nearest bigger lake is Storuman (172.9 km² at a height of around 351 meter above sea level) at a distance of 3.8 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 127.4 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 178 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 100%, 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
Lappland

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Trondheim Airport, Værnes (at a distance of 351 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Storuman Airport (at a distance of 29 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

44.5 km2

56.6%

Nature

14.2 km2

18.1%

Wet nature

2.5 km2

3.1%

Agriculture

0.7 km2

0.8%

Urban area

4.1 km2

5.2%

Water - Lakes

12.4 km2

15.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Stensele in country Sweden

Stensele at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Church Town of Gammelstad, Luleå	Sweden	236 km	EastNorthEast
2 Laponian Area	Sweden	251 km	North
3 Vegaøyan – The Vega Archipelago	Norway	260 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Holmtrskberget	SE	11 km	EastSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Storuman

Type of weather in Storuman	snow
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.89 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1022 mb
Humidity:	97 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	16 hour and 52 minutes
Sunrise :	04:22 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:14 Europe/Amsterdam