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Braset

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Braset — direction of view not recorded. Terrain and imagery at true elevation.

Braset sits along the Helgelandskysten byway at 42 feet in elevation, with the terrain dropping 42 feet within 600 meters of the overlook. To the south, Stortinden rises to 2,433 feet at a distance of 1.9 miles, while Kløfttinden, also to the south, reaches 2,819 feet at 2.3 miles. Rødtinden stands to the south-southeast at 1,978 feet, 2.1 miles away, and Stellan, a lower feature at 207 feet, lies to the east-northeast at 2.3 miles. At the June solstice, the sun does not set. Around the equinoxes, daylight runs from roughly 06:07 to 18:20 in March and 06:47 to 19:11 in September. In December, sunrise comes late, at 11:05, with sunset at 13:03, giving a short window of daylight. The previous lookout along this route is Kruno.

Access
On the byway
Elevation
42 ft
Relief
42 ft drop
In view
4 named features
Brasetvik
Pietro Valocchi · CC BY 3.0 · source
Engabreen, Svartisen glacier, Meløy, Nordland, Norway - June 2025, seen from Brasetvikneset.
Wolfgang Hägele · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
A glacial valley culminating in the West Svartisen ice-cap lies behind Fonndalsøyra on Holandsfjorden, Norway.
David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada · CC BY 4.0 · source
Holand in Holandsfjorden, Meløy, Norway. Sent from my Nokia. I'm on: @heidenstrom (Twitter) www.theshirt.no (N) www.theshirt2010.net (UK), flickr.com/heidenstrom (photos) flickr.com/mobilephotosheidenstrom (mobile photos) - or I'm off... ;-)
Bjørn Heidenstrøm from Sætre, Norway · CC BY 2.0 · source
IMG_9436Svaristen_2400
Gergely Csatari · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
noorwegen 088
rob Stoeltje from loenen, netherlands · CC BY 2.0 · source

What you’re looking at

Named terrain around this overlook, nearest first. No view direction is recorded, so every bearing is listed.

  • Stortinden2,433 ftsouth · 1.9 mi
  • Rødtinden1,978 ftsouth-southeast · 2.1 mi
  • Kløfttinden2,819 ftsouth · 2.3 mi
  • Stellan207 fteast-northeast · 2.3 mi

Light

DateSunriseSunsetGolden hour
March equinox06:0718:2017:10
June solsticeMidnight sun — the sun does not set
September equinox06:4719:1118:01
December solstice11:0513:03

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Braset sits at about 42 feet (13 m).

What can you see from Braset?

From Braset: Stortinden (S, 1.9 mi); Rødtinden (SSE, 2.1 mi); Kløfttinden (S, 2.3 mi); Stellan (ENE, 2.3 mi).

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