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Broken Column

Broken Column from directly overhead

Broken Column is an artwork, at a modelled elevation of 40 m. Jødestadfjellet stands 330 m to the southeast, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Stavanger kunstmuseum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Ryfylke passes 11 miles off.

What the record says

Material
metal

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates58.95520, 5.70290
  • 10.9 mi off the Ryfylke, National
  • 13.9 mi off the Jæren, National

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Historic sites
  • Fredsmonumentet: 0.5 mi
  • Reidar Kvammen: 0.8 mi
  • USSR War Memorial: 0.9 mi
  • Norwegian war memorial: 1.0 mi
  • British War Memorial: 1.0 mi
Parks
  • Blidensolskogen: 0.8 mi
  • Munkehagen: 0.9 mi
  • St. Svithuns plass: 1.0 mi
  • Uteområdet: 1.1 mi
  • Uteplass på SUS: 1.1 mi
Peaks
  • Vålandspibå: 0.9 mi
  • Ullandhaug: 1.0 mi
  • Gramstadhaugen: 1.1 mi
  • Byhaugen: 1.3 mi
  • Varden: 1.7 mi
Cliffs: 57
Attractions: 43
Beaches: 22
  • Møllebukta: 1.5 mi
  • Godalen: 1.9 mi
  • Emmaus-stranden: 2.3 mi
  • Rosenli-stranden: 2.4 mi
  • Strand: 3.5 mi
Picnic sites: 15
  • Hålandsvannet Leikvoll: 2.7 mi
  • Hålandsvannet Håland: 3.0 mi
  • Tanken: 4.2 mi
  • Langøy: 4.3 mi
  • Gapahuken: 6.4 mi
Waterfalls: 12
  • Fossane: 9.4 mi
  • Kustifossen: 14.3 mi
  • Fossen: 14.4 mi
  • Storåsfoss: 14.9 mi
  • Migaren: 16.0 mi
Gardens: 5
Springs: 1
  • Groom-brønnen: 1.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.1 miles of Broken Column. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
JødestadfjelletSE 132°330 m5.1 mi
DalsnutenSE 145°323 m5.2 mi
SørafjelletSE 131°300 m4.4 mi
FjogstadnutenSE 141°295 m5.8 mi
HøgafjellSE 125°291 m4.3 mi
FlatafjelletSE 137°277 m4.6 mi
FlatafjelletSE 134°275 m4.4 mi
KallandsnutenSE 143°261 m5.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4117:5718:50
June solstice04:2521:4022:54
September equinox07:2218:4719:40
December solstice09:3013:5515:42

Local time (Europe/Oslo).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/459504345

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