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Herøysund

General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.7915,Lat: 59.9141
Elevation	203 meter above sea level
Local time	13:21:52pm
Name province/region (Fylke)	Hordaland
Wiki-website Kommune (Kommune)	Kvinnherad

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Uskedal	4.5 km	EastNorthEast
2 Husnes	6.4 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Sunde/Valen	9.3 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Dimmelsvik	11.4 km	EastNorthEast
5 Seimsfoss	12.9 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	277 km	East
2 København	Denmark	617 km	SouthEast
3 Stockholm	Sweden	699 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Herøysund lies at the North Sea (direction NorthWest).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 27.2 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Norwegian border with a straight distance of 334.3 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 468 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 32%, hill: 23%, low mountains: 25%, moderate high mountains: 18%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
YTRE FJORDBYGDER PÅ VESTLANDET

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bergen Airport, Flesland (at a distance of 53 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Stord Airport, Sørstokken (at a distance of 29 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

14.7 km2

36.7%

Nature

14.5 km2

36.2%

Agriculture

4 km2

9.9%

Urban area

1.3 km2

3.3%

Rock-Sand

5.2 km2

12.9%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Herøysund in country Norway

Herøysund at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bryggen	Norway	60 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site	Norway	157 km	East
3 Urnes Stave Church	Norway	176 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Rosendal

Type of weather in Rosendal	few clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.45 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	68 %
Daylength at 17 August 2026:	15 hour and 30 minutes
Sunrise :	05:56 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:26 Europe/Amsterdam