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Helios Boreios

Helios Boreios from directly overhead

Helios Boreios is an artwork, at a modelled elevation of 27 m. Hauggjelsvarden stands 673 m to the east-southeast, 3.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Propell, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away.

granite sculpture, translated as "Sun from the North"

What the record says

Built
1972
Material
stone
Inscription
GJ 1972

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates60.38747, 5.31882

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Peaks
Parks: 48
  • Øvre Ole Bulls plass 1 AS: 0.3 mi
  • Frydenbølien: 0.4 mi
  • Håsteinarparken: 0.6 mi
  • St. Markus Kirke: 0.6 mi
  • Laksevågparken: 0.6 mi
Attractions: 39
Waterfalls: 27
  • Bogstifossen: 2.5 mi
  • Urteigfossen: 7.8 mi
  • Fossen: 10.9 mi
  • Giljafossen: 11.1 mi
  • Gjerstadfossen: 11.2 mi
Beaches: 16
  • Møhlenpris badeplass: 0.4 mi
  • Vollane: 3.7 mi
  • Skjoldbukta: 5.2 mi
  • Nygardsvika friluftsområde: 5.3 mi
  • Kollavågen: 8.1 mi
Gardens: 10
Picnic sites: 7
  • Kletten: 6.9 mi
  • Juditslund: 6.9 mi
  • Stuperen: 7.0 mi
  • Bjørnemarken: 7.0 mi
  • Sekkeviken: 7.0 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Geithelleren: 3.6 mi
  • Hakkstein: 7.8 mi
  • Skiphammaren: 8.0 mi
  • Balhammaren: 19.9 mi
  • Laddberget: 23.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
HauggjelsvardenESE 102°673 m3.5 mi
UlrikenESE 106°643 m2.4 mi
GrønetuaENE 61°642 m3.7 mi
VardeggaNE 54°590 m3.6 mi
RundemanenNE 42°568 m2.4 mi
BlåmanenENE 58°551 m1.8 mi
KvitebjørnenNNE 18°484 m2.6 mi
LøvstakkenS 180°477 m1.8 mi

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).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/4182860170

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