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Furunkulaksen

Furunkulaksen from directly overhead

Furunkulaksen is an artwork, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Hauggjelsvarden stands 673 m to the east, 3.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Den lekende linje, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away.

An entrance cover made to resemble the tail of a salmon, in a nod to the marine research inside the building

The record

What the record says

Built
1990-10-03
Material
metal
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates60.38154, 5.33148
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Historic sites
Peaks
Museums: 56
Parks: 48
  • Verftsparken: 0.2 mi
  • St. Markus Kirke: 0.3 mi
  • Dongen: 0.5 mi
  • Frydenbølien: 0.7 mi
  • Øvre Ole Bulls plass 1 AS: 0.8 mi
Nature reserves: 40
Attractions: 39
Waterfalls: 27
  • Bogstifossen: 2.3 mi
  • Urteigfossen: 7.9 mi
  • Bergsfossen: 11.0 mi
  • Fossen: 11.0 mi
  • Giljafossen: 11.2 mi
Beaches: 17
  • Møhlenpris badeplass: 0.2 mi
  • Vollane: 4.2 mi
  • Nygardsvika friluftsområde: 4.7 mi
  • Skjoldbukta: 4.8 mi
  • Kollavågen: 8.7 mi
Gardens: 10
Picnic sites: 7
  • Kletten: 6.4 mi
  • Juditslund: 6.4 mi
  • Stuperen: 6.5 mi
  • Bjørnemarken: 6.5 mi
  • Sekkeviken: 6.5 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Geithelleren: 3.9 mi
  • Hakkstein: 7.8 mi
  • Skiphammaren: 8.2 mi
  • Balhammaren: 19.3 mi
  • Laddberget: 23.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 4.6 miles of Furunkulaksen. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
HauggjelsvardenE 97°673 m3.0 mi
UlrikenE 98°643 m1.9 mi
GrønetuaNE 52°642 m3.5 mi
VardeggaNE 44°590 m3.6 mi
RundemanenNNE 29°568 m2.5 mi
BlåmanenNE 38°551 m1.7 mi
KvitebjørnenN 7°484 m2.9 mi
LøvstakkenSSW 196°477 m1.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4217:5718:52
June solstice04:1121:5023:12
September equinox07:2318:4619:42
December solstice09:4513:0415:30

Local time (Europe/Oslo).

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6031499813

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