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Hodet på Eggum

Hodet på Eggum from directly overhead

Hodet på Eggum is an artwork, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. Himmeltindan stands 931 m to the south-southwest, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Eggum naturreservat, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Lofoten passes 4.9 miles off.

What the record says

Material
stone

How to reach it

Coordinates68.30106, 13.63372

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Middagsheia: 1.2 mi
  • Utdalsheia: 1.3 mi
  • Middagsheia: 1.4 mi
  • Skrådalstinden: 1.7 mi
  • Kleivheia: 1.7 mi
Attractions: 14
Museums: 13
Historic sites: 6
  • German Radar Emplacement (World War II): 0.7 mi
  • Fiskerkona: 11.3 mi
  • Vardene på Haugheia: 12.0 mi
  • Gerhard Schøning 1722 - 1780: 15.2 mi
  • Fishermen lost at sea on the Lofotens: 16.0 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Forsan: 2.2 mi
  • Forsen: 6.5 mi
  • Forsan: 8.1 mi
  • Brattforsen: 11.7 mi
  • Forsen: 20.3 mi
Artworks: 6
Parks: 4
  • Rådhusparken: 10.6 mi
  • Sykehusparken: 12.8 mi
  • Klokkarvika: 13.1 mi
  • Trollskogen: 13.1 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Hjellberget: 24.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of Hodet på Eggum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
HimmeltindanSSW 195°931 m6.0 mi
MolheiaSSW 196°830 m6.2 mi
HaverenE 91°808 m8.0 mi
SkrådalstindenSSE 166°771 m1.7 mi
UtdalsheiaSSE 158°750 m1.3 mi
JellvollstindenESE 118°746 m1.8 mi
StornappstindenSSW 207°740 m12.2 mi
JustadtindenSSE 152°738 m9.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:0717:0618:20
June solsticeMidnight sun——
September equinox06:4617:5819:12
December solsticePolar night——

Local time (Europe/Oslo).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/274604827

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