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Lauvåsen

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Looking north-west from Lauvåsen. Terrain and imagery at true elevation.

Lauvåsen sits at 1,647 feet along the Ryfylke byway, facing 330° with the land dropping 942 feet within 600 meters. Moldfall naturreservat lies closest, to the north-northeast at 0.9 mi, followed by Kåda naturreservat to the west-northwest at 2.3 mi. Several peaks appear across the view, including Randåsen to the northwest, Eikefjell to the west, Svidkoll and Bandåsen to the north, and Valafjellet to the north-northeast at 8.2 mi. Stølskleivå, a viewpoint, is visible to the north-northeast at 7.2 mi, and Fossfossen and Fosstemmen appear in the same direction beyond it. Vedås stands to the west-northwest at 8.0 mi. On the March equinox, sunrise is at 06:39 and sunset at 18:49; at the June solstice, daylight extends from 04:21 to 22:55; the September equinox brings sunrise at 07:20 and sunset at 19:38; and at the December solstice, sunrise is at 09:31 and sunset at 15:38. The previous lookout along the route is Topphøna.

Access
On the byway
Elevation
1,647 ft
View
Northwest · 330°
Relief
942 ft drop
In view
11 named features
Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758 Coordinate uncertainty in metres 10 Country or area Norway Country code NO County Rogaland Decimal latitude 59.198617 Decimal longitude 6.098276 Geodetic datum WGS84 Georeference remarks None Locality Moldfallet NR, Moldfall, Hjelmeland, Ro
Hoem S A (2018). Norwegian Species Observation Service. Version 3.30. The Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre (NBIC). Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/zjbzel accessed via GBIF.org on 2018-12-17. https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/1890303950 · CC BY 4.0 · source

What you’re looking at

Named terrain inside the view from this overlook, nearest first.

  • Moldfall naturreservat152 ftnorth-northeast · 0.9 mi
  • Kåda naturreservat395 ftwest-northwest · 2.3 mi
  • Randåsen1,207 ftnorthwest · 2.7 mi
  • Eikefjell670 ftwest · 4.5 mi
  • Svidkoll1,579 ftnorth · 5.6 mi
  • Stølskleivå1,033 ftnorth-northeast · 7.2 mi
  • Bandåsen1,643 ftnorth · 7.3 mi
  • Fossfossen1,107 ftnorth-northeast · 7.4 mi
  • Fosstemmen1,255 ftnorth-northeast · 7.8 mi
  • Vedås346 ftwest-northwest · 8.0 mi
  • Valafjellet2,296 ftnorth-northeast · 8.2 mi

Light

DateSunriseSunsetGolden hour
March equinox06:3918:4917:55
June solstice04:2122:5521:39
September equinox07:2019:3818:45
December solstice09:3115:3813:48

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Lauvåsen sits at about 1,647 feet (502 m).

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From Lauvåsen: Moldfall naturreservat (NNE, 0.9 mi); Kåda naturreservat (WNW, 2.3 mi); Randåsen (NW, 2.7 mi); Eikefjell (W, 4.5 mi).

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