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Alsvåg

General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 15.2734,Lat: 68.904
Elevation	2 meter above sea level
Local time	23:12:23pm
At island	Langoya-vesteralen
Name province/region (Fylke)	Nordland
Wiki-website Kommune (Kommune)	Øksnes

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Myre	7.7 km	West
2 Risøyhamn	16.8 km	EastNorthEast
3 Sortland	23.1 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Strand	24 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Sigerfjord	30.1 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	1018 km	South
2 Helsinki	Finland	1078 km	SouthEast
3 Stockholm	Sweden	1078 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Alsvåg lies at the Norwegian Sea (direction East).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 53.3 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Snøkolla with a height of 763 meter (at a distance of 7.7 km and direction SouthSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 120.6 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 169 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 40%, low location: 43%, hill: 16%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The most common land use in the area is wet-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 168 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Stokmarknes Airport, Skagen (at a distance of 37 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

9.6 km2

22.2%

Nature

8.3 km2

19.2%

Wet nature

13.5 km2

31.3%

Agriculture

8.7 km2

20.3%

Water - Lakes

3 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Alsvåg in country Norway

Alsvåg at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Laponian Area	Sweden	200 km	SouthEast
2 Rock Art of Alta	Norway	332 km	EastNorthEast
3 Vegaøyan – The Vega Archipelago	Norway	394 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Myre

Type of weather in Myre	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.76 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	76 %
Daylength at 19 July 2026:	0 hour and 0 minutes
Sunrise :	01:00 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	01:00 Europe/Amsterdam