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Valvatna

General information - Location

Country	Norway
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.4323,Lat: 59.7662
Elevation	37 meter above sea level
Local time	12:24:45pm
At island	Stord
Name province/region (Fylke)	Hordaland
Wiki-website Kommune (Kommune)	Stord

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Sagvåg	2.6 km	NorthWest
2 Leirvik	4.4 km	EastNorthEast
3 Mosterhamn	7.7 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Foldrøy	7.9 km	WestNorthWest
5 Rubbestadneset	10.8 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Oslo	Norway	298 km	East
2 København	Denmark	619 km	SouthEast
3 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	705 km	WestNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Valvatna lies at the North Sea (direction WestSouthWest).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 33.7 km in EastSouthEastern 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 353.6 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 495 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 7%, low location: 89%, hill: 4%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated.The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). 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 60 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Stord Airport, Sørstokken (at a distance of 5.9 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

26.3 km2

56.8%

Nature

2.2 km2

4.6%

Wet nature

0.2 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

6.6 km2

14.2%

Urban area

7.6 km2

16.3%

Infrastructure

0.7 km2

1.6%

Water - Lakes

2.4 km2

5.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Valvatna in country Norway

Valvatna at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bryggen	Norway	70 km	North
2 Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site	Norway	178 km	East
3 Urnes Stave Church	Norway	200 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sagvåg

Type of weather in Sagvåg	clear sky
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.17 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	66 %
Daylength at 17 August 2026:	15 hour and 29 minutes
Sunrise :	05:58 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:26 Europe/Amsterdam