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Fitjar

General information - Location

CountryNorway
Location in country West
Location in Europe North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: 5.326,Lat: 59.9208 marker
Elevation52 meter above sea level
Local time19:49:23pm
At islandStord
Name province/region (Fylke)Hordaland
Wiki-website Kommune (Kommune)Fitjar

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Rubbestadneset12.1 km SouthSouthWest
2 Bekkjarvik12.4 km NorthNorthWest
3 Foldrøy14.1 km South
4 Svortland16.1 km SouthSouthWest
5 Sagvåg16.2 km South

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 OsloNorway303 km East
2 København   Denmark635 km SouthEast
3 Tórshavn   Faroe-islands692 km WestNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Fitjar lies at the North Sea (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named West. The nearest bigger lake is Stordalsvatnet (8.2 km2 at a height of around 50 meter above sea level) at a distance of 46.3 km in SouthEastern direction).The place is located at an island named Stord. The distance to the mainland is 2.8 km.

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 360.4 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 504 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 9%, low location: 50%, hill: 40%, low mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)
Name
KYSTBYGDENE PÅ VESTLANDET

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bergen Airport, Flesland (at a distance of 42 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Stord Airport, Sørstokken (at a distance of 14 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Forest   4.7 km2 
 7.6% 
 Nature   38.6 km2 
 62.3% 
 Wet nature   0.3 km2 
 0.5% 
 Agriculture   14.3 km2 
 23.1% 
 Urban area   1.1 km2 
 1.8% 
 Water - Lakes   2.9 km2 
 4.7% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Fitjar in country Norway


Fitjar at Physical map (height map)

Height map of Fitjar Norway Location marker for Fitjar

© GTOPO30 DEM courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey


Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 BryggenNorway53 km North
2 Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage SiteNorway183 km East
3 Urnes Stave ChurchNorway189 km NorthEast


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